COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
P.O. BOX 2120
RICHMOND, VIRGINIA 23218-2120
PRINS. MEMO NO. 42
November 4, 2003
ELEMENTARY /
MIDDLE / SECONDARY
TO: |
Principals |
FROM: |
Patricia I.
Wright Assistant
Superintendent for Instruction |
SUBJECT: |
Team
America Rocketry Challenge |
The Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) has teamed with the National Association of Rocketry (NAR) to sponsor the "Team America Rocketry Challenge," a rocket design and launch contest for U.S. middle and high school students. The top ten student teams will share a total prize pool worth over $50,000.
The
Challenge involves designing, building, and flying a multi-stage model rocket
weighing no more than 3.3 pounds at liftoff.
The payload requirements involve taking two raw eggs, remaining unbroken
in flight, to exactly 1250 feet, then return the payload safely and
undamaged. Altitudes will be determined
by an electronic barometric altimeter, carried within the rocket. One hundred
of the best teams will compete in a fly-off at Great Meadow, The Plains,
Virginia, on May 15, 2004.
To obtain the contest-entry application,
visit the AIA website at: http://www.rocketcontest.org
AIA
represents the nation's major manufacturers of commercial, military and
business aircraft, helicopters, aircraft engines, missiles, spacecraft, related
components, and other materials. The NAR is the nation's largest and oldest
non-profit organization for sport-rocketry consumers, focusing primarily on
education, public information, and the establishment of nationally recognized
safety standards for sport-rocket motors and sport-rocket flying.
For
additional information contact Nicole Towle at (703) 358-1031 or rocketcontest@aia-aerospace.org.
PIW/GRW/ahr