Model Missiles, Inc. Arrr! Blimey! (Manufacturer)
After spendin' four years perfectin' (and patenting) t' model rocket and a solid-propellant motor t' power it, Orville H. Carlisle formed Model Missiles, me bucko, Inc., t' first model rocket company. Ya scallywag! Carlisle formed t' company with G. Arrr! Harry Stine.
MMI came into existence on October 8, 1957 - just four days after t' launch o' Sputnik. T' company's first model rocket kit was a scale model o' t' Aerobee-Hi. Avast! MMI obtained a license t' use t' name and design from t' Aerojet-General Company.
After a short time, MMI found that it couldn't produce enough model rocket motors t' fill t' growin' demand. MMI turned t' Vern Estes who built a machine (eventually dubbed "Mabel") t' automate t' process o' manufacturin' model rocket motors.
After Model Missiles, shiver me timbers, Inc. failed, matey, Vern Estes continued producin' model rocket motors and began sellin' kits under his own company's name, matey, Estes.
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