[AR] Re: FAR 'Build A Rocket' STEM learning opportunity

  • From: Charlie Garcia <dragonrider.hhcc@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: Arocket List <arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 03 Apr 2017 15:51:03 +0000

Not sure how I feel about a $20,000 kit rocket.  It seems like a shortcut
that encourages those who do not understand what they are doing to play
with cryogenic fuels and oxidizers. Could a kit rocket capable of
performing at FAR MARS even be reliably produced in such a short time frame?
Charlie

On Mon, Apr 3, 2017, 11:38 AM Rick Maschek <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:


The FAR site, committed to helping students in rocketry, is offering this
STEM opportunity for students:

http://www.buildaplane.com/what-is-build-a-rocket/

and this competition:

http://friendsofamateurrocketry.org/Launch_Contest_Rules.html

Rick






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