Original Banner created by Mike of Rokkit Scientists -
January 1998 - First Upload: Included 25 Kits
Reviewed and a Featured Reviewer - Tim Wood
February 1998 -Added Hints links; Guest's experiences (later called Guest's
Stories)
March 1998 - Added Vendor Recognition - Apogee
April 1998 - Announce 1st Rocket Give-Away Winner - Patrick Wright
My First Banner Attempt -
May 1998 - Added What's New page and Guest Opinion forms
June 1998 - Hit 124 products reviewed - Added my
Flight Logs
July 1998 - Added a JAVA Search Engine
August 1998 - Added M.O.P.S. and Announcement List
September 1998 - Added Contributor and Manufacturer Links
October 1998 - Added Review Submission forms
November 1998 - Official Tips Database. Changed to CGI Search Engine
1999 Banner -
January 1999 - Entire Site overhaul in format. Hit 203
products reviewed
February 1999 - Started archiving DesCon
March 1999 - Added Automatic Problem Reporting
April 1999 - CGI generated pages and Special Word Search page
May 1999 - Introduced myEMRR
July 1999 - Added SuperSearch, Parachute and Streamer Calculators to myEMRR
(later put on Tools page) Hit 368 product reviews/articles.
January 2000 - Entire site revamp, integrated BuyRockets links, added Flight
Log database, started 1st Photo Contest. Hit 455 product reviews/articles.
January 2000 - Lunar Newsletter Article:
March 2000 - Activated ROCKETREVIEWS.COM domain name
2000 Banner -
May 2000 - What's New format updated to sort and added Information Dots
June 2000 - Hit 529 product reviews/articles.
July 2000 - Hit 1000 Flight Logs in database
October 2000 - Added List by Author . Announced 1st EMRR Calendar to support
NAR/TRA Legal Fund.
November 2000 - Enhanced Flight Log database report features.
December 2000 - Shipped our 1st NAR/TRA Legal Fund EMRR Calendar! Hit 633 product reviews/articles. (total with multiple reviews on same product now at
833!)
February 2001 - New server and new look! Introduced the RockSim Library.
2001-2 Banner -
April 2001 - Added CP Library, greatly enhanced FlightLog database
June 2001 - Began listing OOP Vendors in standard listing.
Hit 848 product reviews/articles. Hit over 3000 Flight Log entries.
August 2001 - Introduced the individualized Flight Profile page. Also added
the Manufacturers' Recommended Motor Library.
October 2001 - Added ability to R.I.P. rockets on Flight Log entries.
Decoupled Guest's Opinions from reviews to allow dynamic (saving me time) updates.
Hit 1000 Review/Article
December 2001 - Shipped our 2nd NAR/TRA Legal Fund EMRR Calendar! Hit 1016 product reviews/articles.
January 2002 - Started the EMRR Hit List. Introduced "EMRR on CD"
March 2002 - New gothic, tabbed look (as it is today). Created a new Specific
Rocket Tip database and entry system. Hit 5000 Flight Logs in database
April 2002 - Added random pictures to the Stories page
May 2002 - Had to add anti-robot programming to the site and added the
"how many online" feature.
June 2002 - Released the 1st Essence Aerospace Technologies (EAT) Kit - 18mm
Lambda Shuttle. Hit 1189 product reviews/articles.
August 2002 - Added RockSim Library file version detection programming
October 2002 - Released the 2nd-cut of "EMRR on CD" - 09'02
version
November 2002 - Implemented dynamic Vendor Recognition pages - they can update
them on their own now.
December 2002 - Introduced Certification Level categories for rockets.
Hit 1324 product reviews/articles. Hit over 7000 Flight Logs
February 2003 - Added two Flash-based games in our Attractions pages.
April 2003 - Introduced totally new look. Big changes requiring almost all
scripts to be adjusted!
June 2003 - Implemented Affiliates. Added EMRR Chat!
July 2003 - Broke the 1500 reviews/article milestone. Hit 1521 product reviews/articles.
November 2003 - Added Rocket Glossary - huge! Hit over
1000 RockSIM files
December 2003 - Released the 3rd-cut of "EMRR on CD" - 12'03
version. Hit over 10,000 Flight Logs!
2004 Special Banner -
April 2004 - Near re-write of Flight Profile and Flight Logs database. Added
many new features and improved looks.
August 2004 - Went backward in time and added a date to every review that I
could find.
October 2004 - Changed the left menu and became Essence's Model Rocketry
Reviews and Resources. Major RockSIM Library overhaul. Introduced the new Links Library
November 2004 - Broke the 2000 reviews/article milestone.
Hit 2026 product reviews/articles.
December 2004 - Added ability to save "draft" reviews to be finished
at a later time. Added first ever Featured Story. Released the 4th-cut of "EMRR on CD" - 12'04
version.
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January 2005 - Kicking off the year right with the 2005 EMRR
Challenge!. Introduced Featured Stories with the 2005 Challenge.
April 2005 - Hit 1/2 Million "Front Door" Guests to the
site!
May 2005 - Converted all RockSIM's to at least version 6 or higher to work
with RockSIM 8 Demo.
June 2005 - Kicked off Second-Opinion Rally
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June 2005 - Kicked off Second-Opinion Rally
January 2006 - Return of the Challenge!
April 2006 - Introduced the first ever "Design this Spaceship"
contest. A big, bit hit! Also broke the 2500 reviews/article milestone. Hit 2550 product
reviews/articles.
September 2006 - A lot of updating to Flight Logs and ability to have club
sites enter logs directly from their site.
January 2007 - The EMRR Challenge continues to have draw! Introduced
Featured Tips with the Challenge.
January 2007 - Eliminated the YahooGroups! and began running own
eList.
March 2007 - Finished fully integrating the new EMRR Super Hit List into the
site's what's new and search engine. This was among many site "freshening up" activities.
May 2007 - Introduced the first ever Rocket Video contest
June 2007 - Integrated Featured Tips into the regular tips database.
October 2007 - Made significant changes to the dynamic building of
reviews... now only builds when there is new information or refreshes every 5 days. GREATLY improved the speed of the
site.
December 2007 - After some persistence of guests, released the 2008 EMRR
Calendar using Cafepress. Hit over 25,000 Flight Logs!
*All pics found on EMRR in reviews, contests, or elsewhere.
January 2008 - 10 Years Old! Started the "Essence of Essence's Model
Rocketry Reviews" BLog. Started the You FLEW it, Please REVIEW it! campaign.
February 2008 - Officially kicked off the Who's Who in Rocketry Registry.
Went over 3000 product reviews/articles.
March 2008 - Started the EMRR Corner in Apogee's Newsletter.
April 2008 - Started the EMRR What's New RSS Feed.
May 2008 - Eliminate self-maintained eList and now using HTML Newsletter
service.
July 2008 - Completed first ever Box O' Parts Contest. Introduced new
Picture Archive format for Manufacturer Archives.
September 2008 - Major Flight Log Form overhaul including allowing pictures
to be added to Flight Logs. Also introduced the Flight Log Management feature!
December 2008 - Switched over to a new server provider.
January 2009 - 11 Years Old! Started the
"Elevate Eleven" contest which is also tied to the Apollo 11 40th Anniversary. A tremendous amount of
back-ground site work has taken place including many, many time saving factors.
February 2009 - Added the Glossary Word Pop-Up for each of the reviews...
very cool! Also started background work for the EMRR on CD.
March 2009 - Re-introduced "EMRR on CD". Major script and site
overhaul eliminating most on-the-fly page builds. EMRR presented at NARCON 2009
April 2009 - Hit over 30,000 Flight Logs! and
went over 3,500 product reviews/articles.
May 2009 - Converted the RockSIM ZIP Archives to by Manufacturer.
June 2009 - Improved the Flight Logs database format to allow for better
control of Total Impulse, Total Cost, and faster generation of tables.
August 2009 - The Flight Log database, Search and Profile has gone through a
near-100% revamp! This was the biggest programming project on EMRR in a quite a while and it has made Flight Log
management much easier for the user and EMRR.
January 2010 - 12 Years Old! Another exciting
year ahead of us!
August 2010 - Hit over 35,000 Flight Logs! and
went over 3,900 product reviews/articles. RETIRED FROM EMRR!