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Explorer Post 1010 Lockheed Martin Exploring Program Team America Rocketry Challenge 2011 |
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Explorer Post 1010 Lockheed Martin Exploring Program Team America Rocketry Challenge 2011 |
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Explorer Post 1010 has four teams in the 2011 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. We will test launch our rockets at least once a month. During the winter and early spring we will 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 18 members on three rocket teams, but many of them graduated and have gone off to college. This year we started with eleven 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 to remain on the team.
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 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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Lockheed Martin Exploring Program Updated: May 21, 2011 |
