{"id":10012,"date":"2015-02-26T19:45:11","date_gmt":"2015-02-27T00:45:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=10012"},"modified":"2015-02-26T19:45:16","modified_gmt":"2015-02-27T00:45:16","slug":"the-arete-stem-project-student-experiments-on-the-xcor-lynx-rocketplane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=10012","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;The Arete STEM Project&#8217; &#8211; student experiments on the XCOR Lynx rocketplane"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/1061093273\/the-arete-stem-project\" target=\"_d\">Arete STEM Project<\/a>\u00a0is\u00a0a new Kickstarter campaign to fund K-12 STEM projects on\u00a0suborbital\u00a0high altitude flights using\u00a0<a id=\"xcor\" class=\"companies-mentioned\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newspaceglobal.com\/observer\/xcor\">XCOR<\/a>&#8216;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.xcor.com\/lynx\/\">Lynx<\/a> rocketplane. Here is a video introduction to the project:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Arete STEM - Kickstarter Campaign\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/118488944?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"1333\" height=\"1000\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The project aims<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>to help all students, whether from a public, private, parochial, or home school environment, to develop the competitive skills necessary to compete in the 21st century workplace.<\/p>\n<p>[&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>We believe this can be accomplished by allowing students to use their creatively to design, build, and test microgravity experiments. We go one-step further by flying their experiments into space and then return the experiments to the students.<\/p>\n<p>These student experiments or payloads will fly on Commercial Suborbital Flights.<\/p>\n<p>A key factor to the success of our educational program is our unique relationship the one of the leaders in Commercial Spaceflight, XCOR Aerospace<a href=\"http:\/\/www.xcor.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0www.xcor.com<\/a>\u00a0and their Lynx suborbital spacecraft.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The procedure for students goes as follows:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>So how does it all come together?\u00a0Here are the basics:<\/p>\n<p>First, students reserve their experiment&#8217;s payload slot on the Lynx. This is the start of their space adventure.<\/p>\n<p>Once the reservation is secured, students go through an Engineer Design Process to help them ready their payload (experiment) for suborbital flight. Through each stage of the design process students are monitored to help them reach their milestones\/goals.<\/p>\n<p>At 90 days prior to the suborbital flight, students are contacted to begin the final phases before their payload is sent into space. This is a simple student progress check that allows student to communicate any successes or problems they are accruing.<\/p>\n<p>At 60 days, we can arrange for simulated flight-testing of the experiment and have all data sent to the student for any redesigns they may need.<\/p>\n<p>30 days before the flight is scheduled all safety checks are accomplished.<\/p>\n<p>Next, the actual flight and return occurs, including the return of experiments and all collected data to the students.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, The Arete STEM Project hopes to help develop future scientists, technologists, engineers, and mathematicians, as well as students willing to take on a life changing challenge.<\/p>\n<p>After having the opportunity to design, develop and fly their work into space and back, students will be ready and eager for any challenges they may face in the 21st century.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0\u00a0Arete STEM Project\u00a0is\u00a0a new Kickstarter campaign to fund K-12 STEM projects on\u00a0suborbital\u00a0high altitude flights using\u00a0XCOR&#8216;s Lynx rocketplane. Here is a video introduction to the project: The project aims to help all students, whether from a public, private, parochial, or home school environment, to develop the competitive skills necessary to compete in the 21st century workplace. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=10012\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">&#8216;The Arete STEM Project&#8217; &#8211; student experiments on the XCOR Lynx rocketplane<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[22,96,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10012","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-education","category-micrograv","category-space-participation"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-2Bu","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1739,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=1739","url_meta":{"origin":10012,"position":0},"title":"First space hacker workshop to happen in Silicon Valley on May 4-5","author":"TopSpacer","date":"April 18, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"An announcement from Silicon Valley Space Center and Citizens in Space : The Final Frontier for Citizen Science First Space Hacker Workshop to Take Place in Silicon Valley Mountain View, California (Apr. 2, 2013) \u2013 Are you a hardware hacker? 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