Collegiate Rocket Launch
| Published: 04/26/2012 |
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| What: | Wisconsin Space Grant Consortium 2012 Collegiate Rocket Competition |
| Where: | Richard Bong State Recreation Area Runway, Parking Lot F (26313 Burlington Rd., Kansasville, WI 53139 |
| When: | Saturday, April 28 – 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. (Rain date: Sunday, April 29) |
| Parking: | Ask park ranger or at visitor’s center for specific location of launch and parking |
| Cost: | Park admission is $7 per vehicle |
| Launch Hotline: | Call (262) 677-2249 for recorded message verifying that launch will occur. |
Twenty-two teams from 14 Wisconsin, Minnesota, Illinois, Iowa and Ohio colleges and universities will test their engineering and “rocket scientist” skills on Saturday when they compete in the Wisconsin Space Grant Consortium’s Great Midwestern Regional Space Grant Student Rocket Design Competition.
Each team’s six-foot-tall rocket will soar to a minimum of 3,000 feet in the air (that’s over
half of a mile). Each one-stage, high-powered rocket will, during its ascent, transmit live video from a downward looking camera to a ground receiver. The winner of the flight portion of the competition will be the team whose rocket completes a successful flight, produces the best combination of length of good video during ascent, reaches at least 3,000 feet and is recovered safely in a flyable condition. The competition will also include design analysis, oral presentation, and assessment of data results, scored by professional engineers from both academia and industry.
Teams from Milwaukee School of Engineering, UW-Madison, Marquette University, Carroll University, Ripon College, UW-La Crosse, UW-River Falls, DePaul University, University of Illinois, Iowa State, University of Minnesota, Fond du Lac Tribal & Community College (Minnesota), Lorain County Community College (Ohio) and University of Cincinnati are scheduled to compete.
MSOE is an independent university with about 2,500 students. MSOE offers 18 bachelor’s degrees and nine master’s degrees in the engineering, engineering technology, building and infrastructure engineering, health-related engineering, computer, business and nursing fields. The university has a national academic reputation; longstanding ties to business and industry; dedicated professors with real-world experience; and extremely high placement rates and the highest starting salaries of any