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Explorer Post 1010 Lockheed Martin Exploring Program Team America Rocketry Challenge 2010 |
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Explorer Post 1010 Lockheed Martin Exploring Program Team America Rocketry Challenge 2010 |
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Explorer Post 1010 has four teams in the 2010 national Team America Rocketry Challenge (TARC). The main challenge web site is http://www.rocketcontest.org/. This a year- round activity. We start with experiments focused on the challenge in the summer. We recruit new members in the fall and design and build our competition rockets. We test launch our rockets at least once a month. During the winter and early spring we attempt to qualify our rockets for the National competition. If we do well enough, we will be invited to participate in the national fly-off in May. Teams Last year we had over 20 members on three rocket teams, but many of them graduated and have gone off to college. This year we started with around ten members from last year. We are planning to have about five members on four teams. To be on a team you have to be a dues paying member of Post 1010 and have your parents sign the permission form. Members may switch teams up until the qualification flights, but membership on the teams is strictly followed. Members must participate in the design, building, and launching of the rockets.
Resources Wind speed is a big problem with our rockets, so we check http://www.usairnet.com/cgi-bin/launch/code.cgi before we launch. The Internet and email are a very important resource for our teams. Each member should sign up for the TARC Yahoo Group and review the recent emails and files.
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Lockheed Martin Exploring Program Updated: May 20, 2010 |
