The Rocketry Show

The Rocketry show FINALLY made it to the Team America Rocketry Challenge (TARC), thanks to the support of our sponsors, and YOU!

In Part One of our coverage, we talk to the organizers of TARC 2017 and interview some of the teams involved, as well as a story that brought two unlikely groups together! Enjoy!

Special thanks to the AIA for their help in getting us set up for this great opportunity!

About the Team America Rocketry Challenge

The Team America Rocketry Challenge (TARC) is the world’s largest rocket contest and the aerospace industry’s flagship program designed to encourage students to study science, technology, engineering and math (STEM).

Sponsored by the Aerospace Industries Association (AIA), the National Association of Rocketry (NAR) and more than 20 aerospace industry partners, TARC provides middle and high school students the opportunity to design, build and launch model rockets in a competition among approximately 5,000 students

nationwide each year.  Other partners providing support for the program include the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the Department of Defense, the American Association of Physics Teachers and The Mars Generation.

TARC was originally conceived as a one-time contest to celebrate the 100th

anniversary of flight. After receiving hundreds of requests from students, teachers and parents, AIA and its

partners decided to continue the program to challenge students year-in and year-out, with varying in performance specifications. Fifteen years later, TARC is still going strong.

A pool of over $100,000 in scholarships and prizes is shared by the top 10 teams. Raytheon Company sponsors the winning team to participate in an annual International Rocketry Challenge, which alternates each year between the Paris Air Show and the Farnborough International Airshow in London.

CG and Gheem have another report from the launch field @ #TARC2017!

 

CG and Gheem at TARC 2017 happening at The Planes, VA...we are doing a quick report for ya from our table in the exhibitor's tent!

 

CG and Gheem have another report from the launch field @ #TARC2017!

 

CG and Gheem at TARC 2017 happening at The Planes, VA…we are doing a quick report for ya from our table in the exhibitor’s tent!

 

Daniel, The Rocket n00b, takes a surprise tour of MIT Rocketry team's R&D Lab.

 

Daniel is joined by Charlie Garcia on a tour of the facility, along with stories of what the MIT team is up to in their rocketry projects!  Sit back, and enjoy the tour.  It's pretty dense, so you'll want to listen a few times!

MIT's Project Virgo rocket

 

Some building going on!

The "Project Raziel" rocket that was discussed during the tour.

Daniel, The Rocket n00b, takes a surprise tour of MIT Rocketry team’s R&D Lab.

 

Daniel is joined by Charlie Garcia on a tour of the facility, along with stories of what the MIT team is up to in their rocketry projects!  Sit back, and enjoy the tour.  It’s pretty dense, so you’ll want to listen a few times!

 

CG, Gheem, and Daniel catch up with you and share some of the projects they are working on.

* Gheem has been building a couple of North Coast Rocketry kits, and making progress on his Level 3 rocket.

* Daniel has also been working on a North Coast Rocketry kit, and a small fleet of Estes kits.

* CG has been working on the studio some more, as well as coming up with a plan for TARC 2017.

Join us for a workshop discussion, and a laid back show!

Gheem's Level 3 build! We still think it should be school bus yellow! :-)

Daniel's rocket design made up of lots of random parts.

CG, Gheem, and Daniel catch up with you and share some of the projects they are working on.

* Gheem has been building a couple of North Coast Rocketry kits, and making progress on his Level 3 rocket.

* Daniel has also been working on a North Coast Rocketry kit, and a small fleet of Estes kits.

* CG has been working on the studio some more, as well as coming up with a plan for TARC 2017.

Join us for a workshop discussion, and a laid back show!

Episode 47 of The Rocketry Show Podcast is a packed one!  The team review many of the teams that won awards at the NASA Student Launch competitions.  We also review some of the local (to CG and Gheem) teams who made it to Huntsville, Al.

The Notre Dame rocketry team: winners of the closest to one mile award! (They got it to within 6 feet).

We also talk a bit about some of the national finalists for TARC.  You can download the complete list here.

We talk to Charlie Savoie of Aerotech about some of the highlights of LDRS 36 (as of the morning of Sunday, April 9, 2017)

We hope you enjoy the episode...it was a lot of work to put together!