Dear reader, I need advice and maybe you are holding the answer.

For almost two years I have been blogging here about my work at Copenhagen Suborbitals, reaching almost 170 blog posts. It has been - and still is - a big pleasure and I will continue blogging here, every week. I am still proud to have been given online space on Wired.com together with such fine science co-bloggers, which has also given Copenhagen Suborbitals a wider international audience.

I guess a blog (a contraction of the words web log) can be run in many ways and I make us of it as a diary of my DIY work and progress, showing new steps and results – but all based on prior works, results and thoughts.

If you have been following RocketShop, on a regular basis, you know what is going and what Copenhagen Suborbitals stands for. However, if you are not a regular follower I suspect you have no idea what is going on or what it is all about.

Some blog posts ago one reader wrote this comment: “I’m terrible confused. Is this a joke?” - followed by many (relevant) questions, from any outsider, but easily answered if reading previous blog posts.

I do not blame the reader for writing such a comment and it really hit me: that the more I write about continuing processes the more difficult (or impossible) it will become for new readers to join this blog.

*So, dear reader, how do I continue RocketShop showing progress, based on previous work, while keeping it open and ready for new readers? *

Should RocketShop have a weekly or monthly recap? Maybe a permanent introduction or statement in each blog about the philosophy and goals reached by Copenhagen Suborbitals? Or maybe a statement in the side-menu (which may be overlooked anyway).

I truly believe something has to be done and I will begin brainstorming with the Wired science blogger staff and hopefully you as well. You are most welcome to comment here, tweet or E-mail me.

Yours truly and Ad Astra

Kristian von Bengtson

(If in doubt – we are building an amateur manned space rocket…:)