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+![Altus Metrum Logo](logo.png)
+
 This is the site where 
 <a href="http://www.gag.com/~bdale">Bdale Garbee </a>
-and friends document work on a series of open hardware and software designs of avionics solutions for high
-powered model rocketry.  Please consider everything here work perpetually 
-in process!
+and friends document work on open hardware and software designs for
+high powered model rocketry avionics solutions.
+Please consider everything here work perpetually in process!
 <p>
 All hardware designs on this site are licensed under the 
 [TAPR](http://www.tapr.org/)
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 [General Public License, version 2](http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html)
 or compatible licenses.
 
+# [Latest News](News) #
+
 # Hobby Rocketry #
 
-John Coker has published an excellent 
+The motivation for the circuits and software you will find on this site is
+our loosely-knit group's shared interest in hobby rocketry.  Rather than 
+try to introduce the hobby to you here, we note that John Coker 
+has published an excellent 
 [overview of hobby rocketry](http://www.jcrocket.com/welcome.shtml) 
-on his web site.  To find more information about Bdale's rockets, see
+on his web site.  
+<p>
+To find more information about the rockets Bdale and his son have built, see
 [Garbee Rockets](http://www.gag.com/rockets).
+<p>
+As Bdale and Robert became more experienced in the hobby and started to build
+and fly more sophisticated projects, we started to feel limited by the 
+existing electronics products available.  AltusMetrum was Bdale's first 
+attempt to address this situation with a completely open hardware and software
+design... other project have since followed, and it's cool to have help from
+various friends!
 
 # Projects #
 
+* [AltusMetrum](AltusMetrum/)
+was Bdale's original project here, a dual-deploy rocketry altimeter.  One 
+prototype was built, but never flown.  This project is now indefinitely on hold.
+
 * [TeleMetrum](TeleMetrum/) 
-       is our latest project, a rocketry altimeter with RF telemetry link.
+is our current project, a dual-deploy rocketry altimeter with improved sensor 
+complement and bidirectional RF telemetry link.
 
-* [AltusMetrum](AltusMetrum/)
-       was our original project, a rocketry altimeter.
+* [TelePyro](TelePyro/) is an 8-channel pyro expansion board for 
+[TeleMetrum](TeleMetrum/).
+
+* [TeleTerra](TeleTerra) is a hand-held ground station for use with 
+[TeleMetrum](TeleMetrum/).
+
+# Participants #
+
+* [Bdale Garbee](http://gag.com/~bdale)
+* [Keith Packard](http://keithp.com/keithp)
+* [Carl Worth](http://cworth.org)
+
+# Getting Involved #
+
+If you aren't already playing with model rockets, that's a good place to 
+start.  Finding a local [NAR Section](http://nar.org/NARsect.html) or
+[Tripoli](http://tripoli.org) Prefecture is a good idea, since you can
+learn a lot and see some great flights by showing up at a club launch.
+
+As we make progress, you can read about it in our [News](News) feed.
+We also have an IRC channel #altusmetrum on irc.oftc.net if you have
+questions that aren't answered here.
 
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