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+[[!tag tags/rockets]]
+Today, the panels of bare circuit boards, the paste stencil, and the last
+parts I need (the Venus GPS modules) to hand assemble first-article prototypes
+of [TeleMetrum](http://www.altusmetrum.org/TeleMetrum/) v0.2 all arrived!
+
+The parts for the first three prototypes are staged and ready to load,
+so my next step is to go use my CNC mill to rip up one of the panels into
+individual boards, then make up a fixture for the stencil. Meanwhile, the
+solder paste is out of the shop fridge warming up...
+
+For my friends in Colorado, this means I will not try to attend the
+[NCR](http://ncrocketry.org/) annual meeting this weekend. It's about a
+6 hour round-trip drive from my house to Ault, and getting boards loaded and
+tested before I leave for New Zealand where Keith and I are scheduled
+to give a
+[talk at LCA ](http://www.lca2010.org.nz/programme/schedule/view_talk/50182)
+about our work takes priority!
+