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Explorer Post 1010 Lockheed Martin Exploring Program Team America Rocketry Challenge 2012 |
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Explorer Post 1010 Lockheed Martin Exploring Program Team America Rocketry Challenge 2012 |
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Explorer Post 1010 registered three teams in the 2012 Team America Rocketry Challenge (TARC). The main challenge web site is http://www.rocketcontest.org/. This a year-round activity. We started with experiments focused on the challenge in the summer and the fall. We recruited new members in the fall and started to design and build our competition rockets. During the winter and into the spring we test launched our rockets at least once a month. We had three qualification flights for each team and submitted them for consideration. Our senior team (Team 13198) was selected to participate in the national fly-off in May. Last year we had 18 members on four rocket teams, but many of them graduated and went off to college. This year we started with seven members from last year. We recruited new members in October and planned to have about five members on three teams. During the year we had a few drop, but we maintained three teams. To be on a team you have to be a dues paying member of Post 1010 and have your parents sign the TARC permission form (PDF form, Word form). Members may switch teams up until the first qualification flight, but membership on the teams is strictly followed. Members must participate in the design, building, and launching of the rockets to remain on the team.
Resources Wind speed is a big problem for our rockets, so we check http://www.usairnet.com/cgi-bin/launch/code.cgi (Manassas, Frederick) before we launch. The Weather Channel is another source for weather at the Virginia Site and Maryland Site. 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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Explorer Post 1010 Updated: May 7, 2012 |
