University Student Launch Initiative: Rocket Building Workshop

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University Student Launch InitiativeRocket
Building Workshop John Baker, Ph.D.Department
of Mechanical EngineeringThe University of
AlabamaAlabama Space Grant Consortium 11
November 2006
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• Dr. John Gregory (Director, ASGC / University of
  Alabama in Huntsville)
• Dr. John Baker (University of Alabama)
• Mr. David Catania (Student, Montana State
  University)
• Mr. Cameron Chen (Student, Montana State
  University)
• Mr. Marshall Clark (Student, Montana State
  University)
• Dr. Bill Hiscock (Director, MSGC / Montana State
  University)
• Ms. Carole Holl (Student, Montana State
  University)
• Mr. Vince Huegele (NASA / NAR / HARA)
• Dr. Gerald Karr (The University of Alabama in
  Huntsville)
• Mr. Al Krause (USLI / NASA)
• Ms. Dawn Mercer (USLI / NASA)
• Dr. Marlow Moser (The University of Alabama in
  Huntsville)
• Ms. Debora Nielson (Alabama Space Grant
  Consortium)
• Mr. Charles Pierce (NASA / NAR)
• Ms. Jackie Reasoner (Alabama Space Grant
  Consortium)
• Ms. Teresa Shurtz (Alabama Space Grant
  Consortium)

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• Introduce the participants to the tools they
  would need to start a student launch program
• Help the participants gain the confidence they
  would need to start a student launch program
• Familiarize the participants with rocketry
  concepts (especially those that apply to high
  power rocketry)
• Familiarize the participants with the University
  Student Launch Initiative (USLI)
• Have fun building, launching, and recovering a
  small sounding rocket

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NASA University Student Launch Initiative (USLI)
http//education.msfc.nasa.gov/docs/127_usli.htm

• Builds on existing SLI for middle-school/high-scho
  ol age students
• USLI is the second attempt to includea
  university-level component
• UAH and Alabama AM have already successfully
  launched rockets to 10K ft. as part of the
  previous SLI program for universities
• The USLI will focus more on commercially
  available components.

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NASA University Student Launch Initiative (USLI)
http//education.msfc.nasa.gov/docs/127_usli.htm

• Goals/Objectives
• Develop a vehicle that will deliver a science
  payload to an altitude of 5280 ft. AGL
• The vehicle and payload must be recoverable and
  reusable (must also be launched prior to the USLI
  launch)
• Preparation time on the day of the launch must
  not exceed 4 hours
• Designs must be fully documented
• Only NAR-approved, commerciallyavailable motors
  may be used

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NASA University Student Launch Initiative (USLI)
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Important Dates (8 month program) 25
September 2006 Proposals Due 9 October 2006
Selection of Teams 13 November 2006 PDR
Report Due 15 January 2007 CDR Report Due 12
March 2007 FRR Report Due 13/14 April 2007
Hardware Check / Launch 11 May 2007 Final
Report Due
2007 USLI Teams Alabama AM University
Auburn University Fisk University Harding
University Mississippi State University Team
1 Mississippi State University Team
2 University of Alabama University of Alabama
in Huntsville Vanderbilt University
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Alabama AM University Arkansas State
UniversityCentral State UniversityFisk
UniversityFlorida Space InstituteHarding
UniversityMississippi State UniversityMontana
State UniversityUniversity of AlabamaUniversity
of Alabama in HuntsvilleUniversity of
MississippiUniversity of TennesseeVanderbilt
University
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• Day 1 10 August 2006
• Team Forming
• Water Rockets
• High Power Rocketry
• Avionics
• Data Logging
• Stability
• Recovery
• Airframe
• Sounding Rocket

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• Day 2 11 August 2006
• RockSim
• FAA Regulations
• National Association of Rocketry
• Propulsion
• Tracking
• Other Space Hardware Programs
• The Montana State Example
• UAH Hybrid Rocket MotorDemonstration
• Sounding Rocket
• Dinner (Steve Cook Presentation)

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• Day 3 12 August 2006
• Launch of Sounding Rockets
• US Space and Rocket Center
• USLI Discussion
• Pictures/Videos
• Evaluations

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• The workshop met my goal of coming here to learn
  more about rockets. I started with no education
  in the field of rockets and I feel I have learned
  a great deal.
• It has taken me through the whole rocket building
  process. Allowed for me to find out more about
  NAR and the rules and regulations of launching a
  rocket.
• I was looking for a project better suited towards
  a University engineering student group.
  Something with more than flying a payload in a
  kit rocket on a commercial engine.
• Great job! Very well organized. Very
  informative and interesting speakers!
• Building a rocket was awesome!
• I would have liked to get the Class 1 NAR
  certification at the workshop.
• Do this again next year!
• I came to the workshop simply to learn, and that
  is what I did.

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2007 USLI Rocket Building Workshop
http//www.uah.edu/ASGC/workshop.php

• Changes
• Streamline sounding rocket construction
• Remove section on data logging
• Improve discussion on funding/curriculum
• More detailed design information
• Better coordination with NASA/USLIpersonnel
• Make it clear that we will not beconducting NAR
  certificationlaunches

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To all the participants of the 2006
workshopTHANK YOU!
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