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[school-discuss] [Fwd: National Student Competition]
This was sent to me as the list owner. Although it only applies to US schools, I thought it would be of sufficient interest to forward to the entire list:
"J.P. Stevens" wrote:
> Do the students and teachers at your local or former school know about the Team America Rocketry Challenge, the first national model rocket competition for U.S. high school and junior high school students?
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> Five winning student teams will share a total prize pool of $59,000. In addition, three of the top ten teams are eligible to win $2500 grants, including travel expenses, to launch an advanced rocket with NASA, and attend Space Camp. Each of the top 25 teams' schools will be invited to send one teacher on an all expenses paid trip to attend an advanced NASA rocketry workshop, meet with NASA scientists and engineers, and tour the Marshall Space Flight Center.
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> This event is sponsored by the Aerospace Industries Association and the National Association of Rocketry. Our partners include NASA, the US Airforce and numerous educational organizations.
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> We challenge you to design, build, and fly a model rocket carrying two raw eggs as close as possible to 1500 feet. The top 100 teams will compete in a fly-off in Northern Virginia in May 2003.
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> The deadline to enter the contest is November 15, 2002.
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> For more information and an application, visit www.RocketContest.org or www.aia-aerospace.org.
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Do the students and teachers at your local or former school know about the Team America Rocketry Challenge, the first national model rocket competition for U.S. high school and junior high school students?
Five winning student teams will share a total prize pool of $59,000. In addition, three of the top ten teams are eligible to win $2500 grants, including travel expenses, to launch an advanced rocket with NASA, and attend Space Camp. Each of the top 25 teams' schools will be invited to send one teacher on an all expenses paid trip to attend an advanced NASA rocketry workshop, meet with NASA scientists and engineers, and tour the Marshall Space Flight Center.
This event is sponsored by the Aerospace Industries Association and the National Association of Rocketry. Our partners include NASA, the US Airforce and numerous educational organizations.
We challenge you to design, build, and fly a model rocket carrying two raw eggs as close as possible to 1500 feet. The top 100 teams will compete in a fly-off in Northern Virginia in May 2003.
The deadline to enter the contest is November 15, 2002.
For more information and an application, visit www.RocketContest.org or www.aia-aerospace.org.