About us.... One of the things that Evie and I decided with Sirius Rocketry being a small business, was that because we were, we would also support other small businesses, so that they can grow as we grow. Many "mom and pop" and small shops pop up around the country, and face it, it is hard to start a business these days, and we try to support other small businesses in every way we can! That is why in all our sourcing, outside work, and contract work, we try to work with as many smaller businesses as we can. We also want to help smaller kit manufacturers that do not have a wide venue to market their kits in, to market to a wider audience. Sirius kits are made with love, with components sourced from small and family businesses, and are put together with a whole lot of love for the hobby. When you buy a Sirius Rocketry kit, you are not only getting a great kit, but you are supporting all the small businesses that we also request services from. Other lines that we carry, Semroc, FlisKits and Top Flight Recovery as just a few examples, are also small businesses that are growing with your support, and have been a great source of innovative products made out of a LOVE for the hobby. When we do carry a "large manufacturer," we carry what we think is cool, but not always the entire line (although we can special order items from the manufacturers we carry for you if you need something specific). Our Estes kits are hand-selected with the cool factor and the building experience in mind, and because "WE LOVE SCALE" (sm), but we do not intend on carrying the entire line, you can find that in any old hobby shop. We look at the kind of kits we carry with the attitude of what a BAR might want, or someone who wants a satisfying build, or something just a little bit more than three fins and a nosecone. Sirius Rocketry is a reflection of what I love about the hobby, and thus a lot of the products we carry are based on what excites us about the sport. We like competition, we like high power, we like scale, we like futuristic designs, we like good decal sets, we like a satisfying build, and so on. And we like supporting all those small businesses that have that same kind of love for the hobby. With the economy the way it is especially right now, when you order from Sirius Rocketry, you keep all these great manufacturers and kits coming! We are small business, and just about everyone we work with is small business, and as we grow, they grow, and vice-versa. We love this hobby, and hope to be around for a long long time! Something not so serious about Sirius.....and the pronunciation... Serious...or is that Sirius (they are pronounced the same way) humor (and because we love British comedies, humour too....) about us....me, well, me and my wife....well, the company, cuz that is what we are.... How do you pronounce that thing? Syrus? Supliferous? Seer-ee-iss. Like the word serious. Seriously. Now for the education, amateur astronomers that have a telescope already know this, but I don't have a telescope and you probably do not either.... Sirius: pronounced as "serious." The dog star. Other names: Canicula (--No, Canicula Rocketry did not work in 1998, besides it had a wierd and pretty warped Roman feel to it if you know what I mean!) and Aschere (which sounded like the forces ripping off fins at Mach speed...) Brightest star in the sky after the Sun. Over 20 times brighter than the sun, and twice as massive. Not the closest star to us, but only a short 8.6 light years away. What is the closest star? It is Proxima Centauri, the nearest member of the Alpha Centauri triple star system. Light takes only 4.22 years to reach us from Proxima Centauri. In the constellation Canis Major. But that sounded too much like an old model rocket company! (old-timers know who I am talking about) Back to being "serious"... The star Sirius-- Absolute Magnitiude 1.4. Translated as "scorching" (Something one would not really want to do with a model or high-power rocket!) A name for Satellite Radio (used to work in radio but finally got out myself!) Actually Sirius just played right in with our slogan, and happened to be a celestial object....thus the solar/star theme in our logo, taken from the viewpoint of the setting sun from a satellite planet of Sirius. Gotta be serious about rocketry (like I have been for 30+ years) to be here in the first place, after all we are: Sirius Rocketry "For the Serious Rocketeer" See how that works? :-) (woof) How many channels do we have? None. No music here. Unless you love the sound of BP and AP roaring in the morning! I LOVE that sound! Plus there is no comparison to sniffing spent BP motors...AP just is not quite the same..... :-) ______________________
	Visa, MasterCard, Discover, and AMEX accepted via our secure site!  And if you still are not comfy ordering over a secure site, our print-and-mail-or-fax orderform is here (pdf) which can be mailed with payment to us at the address on the form, or faxed to us at 707-922-7599. Telephone orders are accepted Monday through Friday from 8 A.M. to 5 P.M. Central Time at 920-915-7599, although we do prefer web or mail orders, since web and mail orders save lots of time, and chances are you will receive voice mail initially if you telephone. You can still leave a message, but placing the order online is quicker. Please, if you leave a message, please enunciate and repeat you name and phone number so we can get back to you! (You would be surprised how many unintelligible meggages we get, and we really would like to know how to get back to you!.