RockOn! October 26, 2008 RockOn! A Sounding Rocket Payload Workshop Colorado & Virginia Space Grant Consortium, Wallops Flight Facility and NASA Education RockOn! A Sounding Rocket Payload Workshop Colorado & Virginia Space Grant Consortium, Wallops Flight Facility and NASA Education

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RockOn! Welcome: - We are finally here!

RockOn! RockOn 2008: 57 People

RockOn! What we told them…

RockOn! What we told them… - This workshop has never been done before - This workshop will be fun - This workshop will be hard - This workshop will give you the tools, skills, and experience to start your own rocket payload program - This workshop has never been done before - Things may not go as planned…

RockOn! What we told them… The goals of this workshop are… DARFFALS FUN – have an experience like no other LEARN – how to build simple sounding rocket payloads DO – use your hands to do the above FLY – put all the above on a rocket and launch it ANALYZE – understand the data from your flight (recover) ACCESS – create standard access platform to space (RockSat) START – Go home and start your own student program RETURN – in the future with your own rocket payload

RockOn! What we told them… - You will form teams of three (you pick them)* * one team of four

RockOn! What we told them… - Teams will get a kit of parts

RockOn! Electronics Build on Day 2 What we told them…

RockOn! Workshop Goals: - Program on Day 3

RockOn! Workshop Goals: - Integrate on Day 4

RockOn! What we told them… - Load on Day 5

RockOn! Workshop Goals: - Launch, analyze, and celebrate on Day 6

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RockOn! Recovery: How many worked?

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RockOn! Workshop Vision: - You take this experience and do something with it - When you are ready to fly, you’ll come back to Wallops - You’ll fly your payload on next summer’s workshop flight - Your launch fee will directly supports the 2009 workshop flight

RockOn! Future: - Wallops has already committed to a much bigger rocket for next summer - A two stage Terrier- Orion Sounding Rocket - Expected to reach 140 km - 1st Review has already been held with Wallops

RockOn! Future: - Four RockSat Payload Canisters will be flown on the same flight - Cost is $12K per canister for 20 pounds - Launch is June 26, 2009

RockOn! Future: - Intent to Fly Form was release in August - RockSat Users Guide was released - CoDR October 30 and November 3

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RockOn! Future: 1.University of North Dakota 2. Metro State College of DenverDeposit Received 3. University of Colorado at BoulderDeposit Received 4. University of Minnesota 5. Colorado State University 6. University of Louisiana at Lafayette 7. University of Puerto Rico in Rio PiedrasIt’s In the Mail 8. University of WyomingDeposit Received 9. University of Virginia 10. Harding University, Arkansas 11. University of New Mexico 12. University of Northern ColoradoDeposit Received 13. Penn State University at Mont Alto*Wallops 14. Boston University*Wallops

RockOn! Future: - All that said, we think we’re ready…

RockOn! Future: June 21 – 26, 2009 spacegrant.colorado.edu/rockon 2

RockOn! What we told them… Includes… $ Breakfast and lunch every day $ Dinner twice $ All reusable kit hardware $ Handbook and software $ Shirt and other items $ Launch and recovery $1,875 Priceless Total Experience…

RockOn! Many Thanks: - It took many people, many long hours to get here - Virginia Space Grant – Mary Sandy, John Companion, Debbie Ross - Wallops Flight Facility – Phil Eberspeaker, Keith Koehler, Rick Weaver, and Andrew Mandigo - NASA HQ’s – Joyce Winterton, Diane DeTroye, and Katie Pruzan - Colorado Space Grant – Chris Koehler, Brian Sanders, Shawn Carroll, Riley Pack, David Fergurson, Eric Pahlke, and Ana Ilic (plus more)

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81 Starting Student Space Hardware Programs (StudentSat) Chris Koehler Colorado Space Grant Consortium Starting Student Space Hardware Programs (StudentSat) Chris Koehler Colorado Space Grant Consortium

82 - June 2002 StudentSat Workshop:

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have participated at last 5 workshops (+4 HQ) StudentSat Workshop:

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91 - Launch, for most, the highlight of the workshop - Early morning in eastern Colorado - Launch, for most, the highlight of the workshop - Early morning in eastern Colorado

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93 StudentSat Workshop: Did we really go to space?

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95 - Number of Students Involved Per YearOne TimeTotal Results: ( ) 20041, ,162 (1, ) ,028 (866+1, ) ,359 ( ) ,649 ( ) 20082,649 Total15, ( ) 20041, ,162 (1, ) ,028 (866+1, ) ,359 ( ) ,649 ( ) 20082,649 Total15,082

96 - New Programs Started YESNO Totals New Programs Started YESNO Totals8930 Results:

97 23 States + Puerto Rico have active ballooning programs 1 StudentSat Workshop:

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99 July 8 – 11, Symposium July 8 – 11, Symposium spacegrant.colorado.edu/studentsat/