Fwd: [SUGPRO] NASA Challenges Young Engineers to Design, Build, Fly Rockets for 2008-2009 University Student Launch Initiative
Bryan Bishop
From: Robinson Mitchell <robinson...@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 1:39 PM
Subject: [SUGPRO] NASA Challenges Young Engineers to Design, Build,
Fly Rockets for 2008-2009 University Student Launch Initiative
To: sug...@rocketeers.com
I'll wager some, if not most, of the participants will use sugar propellants.
http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=8051
Kind regards,
Rob M.
NASA Challenges Young Engineers to Design, Build, Fly Rockets for
2008-2009 University Student Launch Initiative
January 28th, 2009
HUNTSVILLE, Ala., (NASA) — Twenty student teams, selected by NASA from
colleges and universities around the country, are spending the winter
building sophisticated rockets they will launch high over Alabama
during NASA's 2008-2009 University Student Launch Initiative in April.
The annual rocketry challenge will be held April 18 at NASA's Marshall
Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala. Student teams will bring their
rockets to the NASA center, where professional engineers will conduct
formal design reviews of the vehicles before the students take part in
a final, all-day launch.
The initiative, managed by Marshall's Academic Affairs Office, is
designed to inspire young people to pursue careers in fields critical
to NASA's mission: science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
Each student team will design, build and field-test one rocket,
earning practical experience in the development and execution of a
complex engineering project from design to launch. They must develop a
vehicle that can fly to an altitude of 1 mile and sustain an onboard
science experiment that gathers measurable data.
New to the challenge this year are teams from Arizona State University
in Tempe; two teams from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in
Daytona Beach, Fla.; Florida Institute of Technology in Melbourne;
Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta; Iowa State University in
Ames; Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro; Mississippi
State University in Starkville; Mitchell Community College in
Statesville, N.C.; and Tuskegee University in Tuskegee, Ala.
Returning teams hail from Alabama A&M University in Huntsville; Auburn
University in Auburn, Ala.; the College of Menominee Nation in Green
Bay, Wis.; Fisk University in Nashville, Tenn.; Harding University in
Searcy, Ark.; Missouri University of Science & Technology in Rolla;
the University of Alabama in Huntsville; the University of North
Dakota in Grand Forks; Utah State University in Logan; and Vanderbilt
University in Nashville, Tenn.
"Each year, the University Student Launch Initiative welcomes an
exciting roster of young engineers, whose inventiveness and rigorous
attention to detail are an inspiration to all involved," said Tammy
Rowan, manager of Marshall's Academic Affairs Office. "We look forward
to spring and the thrill of seeing rockets lift into the sky.
"It's our hope that this one-of-a-kind opportunity will have a
meaningful, lifelong impact on the participants," Rowan added. "And we
hope their schools and organizations will continue to nurture new
generations who will explore, innovate and better our world by helping
us travel to others across the solar system."
In addition to developing and testing their rockets, teams develop a
project Web site and deliver preliminary and post-launch reports to
their NASA counterparts for review. Teams also conduct related
projects for schools or youth organizations in their area, helping to
spread interest in engineering and rocketry to upcoming generations of
students.
The Exploration Systems Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters in
Washington sponsors the University Student Launch Initiative.
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