For all of you who have worked with student rocket teams you know the important role you serve. But there are always certain moments that you're really glad you're there that are made for sharing....
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For all of you who have worked with student rocket teams you know the important role you serve. But there are always certain moments that you're really glad you're there that are made for sharing....
If you wade through this tweet blog
https://twitter.com/SLI_1MILEHIGH
you will see the winners of the various catagories that were announced at the awards banquet 4/20. These are hints to who the...
48 teams were able to launch. The weather was great and rockets landed close by for easy recovery. News post at
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For everyone tired of shoveling out of the winter, the trees and grass are all green and out here in Huntsville. The pollen count is high right now, so breathe accordingly. That's what the yellow...
January of 1958 was a frantic time for the U.S. Army Ballistic Missile Agency. The Soviets had launched Sputnik in October and the Navy Vanguard rockets crafted to catch up with them weren't working....
At large launches with 20-30 or more pads possibly loaded up at a time, what is the best way for the LCO to manage all the flight cards to call out the rocket info as it is launched? I know 'a big...
Today marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of Dr. Wernher von Braun, the Marshall Space Flight Center's first director, a father of modern rocketry and one of the earliest champions of human...
Yes, I too noticed and recognized the flight hardware in the junkyard. That symbolism was depressing but accurate. Leave the rocket in the mud, but hey, here's a robot we can salvage and rebuild.
The Davidson Center that housed the Saturn V and the outside full scale mock up didn't exist in 1988, but they were appropriate backdrops to show in the movie. Otherwise they stayed in the 'period'...
To promote a new TV movie coming out about a special group of students that go to space camp, here is a contest to win a family weekend getaway:
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We're all nerd enough, but for those of you young enough, consider this solicitation:
My name is Lindsay Spaulding and I am currently casting King of the Nerds, a new show celebrating geeks and...
Friday the weather was nice. Saturday had an irregular sky in the morning with a low ceiling and then a thunderstorm hit about 1:30 and washed out the day. Everyone got soaked trying to pack up....
Indeed, that's exactly why the farmer went to corn. He had some beans going on a side field already. We'll see how it goes.
Southern Thunder 2011 is June 17-19 at Mid-Tenn Turf in Manchester TN. This launch has been recognized as one of the top 10 regional launches in the USA; you do NOT want to miss it! Here's what...
Here's an extensive list of links that has plenty of ideas:
http://www.apogeerockets.com/education/rocket_payloads.asp
I had a great time at the PMW launch over the weekend. I only made it for Saturday but the air was perfectly clear and calm so I was glad I could get down there and fly.
This was certainly a high...
You almost don't need a name until you have to fill out a flight card and end up calling it 'Joe's blue rocket.' That looks a bit lame for an L3 cert attempt so I suggested to someone to use 'The...
Nicely done, both the presentation launch and the video interviews. Anybody else out there doing rockets with 4-H? They have a big promotion going on now: "One Million New Scientists One Million New...
Fredericksburg is definitely the SystemGo program. Sounds like the student has waited a bit long to get a rocket together. A TARC team could scramble up a model by April for a qualification attempt,...
By 'no space travel' I meant 'no rockets' as to include no off world colonies, no orbital anything. Imagine humanity loses interest in leaving the atmosphere, where does it go? To lots of robots and...
What are some scifi movies or tv shows that depicted Earth in the future but without space travel? Nevermind films with the apocalyptic scenarios like "mad max" but have rather a static post modern...
It's been a month since the Ares X launch, the first new NASA rocket in 28 years. From this does anyone see an increase in interest in space exploration or sport rocketry in particular by the public?...
You're doing great. Talk about the different motor types and try different sizes as your field allows. Is there a NAR section near you with a launch that your kids could visit? If you've got a field...
I flew my Cox Saturn V on 2 D12-3's last Saturday at the HARA launch. The rocket itself is 20 years old and I don't think I had it out since the 30th anniversary. It has the original parachutes that...
see
http://www.hararocketry.org/HARA/SLI.html
and at the bottom select USLI to get to the school links directory.
Some of the colleges describe the program and how they got in it. Look for an RFP...
I'm looking to make a CHAD 1/2A BG entry. I've got the little delta foam gliders which can be trimmed well with some modeling clay. Adding a roll tab on the booster sounds good, but it may not matter...
For boosters that are about the same length as a foam parasite glider, I understand that it's more stable to have a balanced number of gliders symetrical around the core as in the old 'Space Twins'...
The Student Launch Initiative flights were completed this weekend with great success. The SLI and USLI are NASA programs using sport rocketry and supported by NAR mentors. The launch itself is hosted...
I had a great time, too. Thanks to all the organizers for their hard work, NARCON09 was worth going to. What I like the most is you get to do what you can't easily do at a launch when everyone is...
This has a lot of useful info
Adventures in Rocket Science Educator Guide
http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/topnav/materials/listbytype/Adventures_in_Rocket_Science.html
Appendix A,...