{"id":4563,"date":"2013-09-21T13:43:23","date_gmt":"2013-09-21T13:43:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=4563"},"modified":"2013-09-22T22:39:59","modified_gmt":"2013-09-22T22:39:59","slug":"rocketry-international-rocket-week-report-usc-student-rocket-group-aims-for-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=4563","title":{"rendered":"Rocketry: International Rocket Week report + USC student rocket group aims for space"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A reporter learns about sports rocketry at the annual\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/irw.rocketry.org.uk\/\" target=\"_d\">International Rocket Week<\/a> held near the town of Paisley, Scotland: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/lifeandstyle\/2013\/sep\/20\/we-have-lift-off-rocket-enthusiasts-scotland\" target=\"_d\">We have liftoff: the rocket enthusiasts having a blast in Scotland\u00a0 &#8211; The Guardian<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Once a year, enthusiasts converge on a wet and windy moor in Scotland to launch homemade rockets that can reach heights of 15,000 feet. It&#8217;s quite a blast<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>===<\/p>\n<p>Here is an article about the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uscrpl.com\/\" target=\"_d\">University of Southern California Rocket Propulsion Laboratory<\/a> (USCRPL) and their attempt to launch a rocket above 100 kilometers: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/science\/sciencenow\/la-sci-sn-usc-rocket-lab-space-20130920,0,2123551.story\" target=\"_d\">Aiming high: Students at USC attempt to launch rocket into space &#8211; latimes.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Update<\/strong> Sept.22.13: Unfortunately, the flight did not succeed but the effort did succeed in advancing the knowledge of the students and the level of their program &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/USCRPL\" target=\"_d\">USCRPL (USCRPL) on Twitter<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;After 2 years in the hanger, USCRPL&#8217;s <s>#<\/s>Traveler space shot launched out of Black Rock Desert NV on 9\/21 at 1807 PDT&#8230;.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;&#8230;4.5 secs into flight it experienced a catastrophic failure. Thanks to our fans &amp; supporters, look out for <s>#<\/s>Traveler II! <s>#<\/s>SpaceOrNothing!&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a dir=\"ltr\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wikkit\"><s>@<\/s>wikkit<\/a> <a dir=\"ltr\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23Traveler&amp;src=hash\" data-query-source=\"hashtag_click\"><s>#<\/s>Traveler<\/a> did fail during flight. But just being able to launch &amp; see it roar out of the tower was enough to satisfy us &#8230;for now!&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a dir=\"ltr\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wikkit\"><s>@<\/s>wikkit<\/a> the root cause was not a breach, but rather a over-pressurization. Some reusable hardware, but anythings reusable if you remake it!&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A reporter learns about sports rocketry at the annual\u00a0 International Rocket Week held near the town of Paisley, Scotland: We have liftoff: the rocket enthusiasts having a blast in Scotland\u00a0 &#8211; The Guardian Once a year, enthusiasts converge on a wet and windy moor in Scotland to launch homemade rockets that can reach heights of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=4563\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Rocketry: International Rocket Week report + USC student rocket group aims for space<\/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_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4563","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-rocketry","category-rockets"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-1bB","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":15664,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=15664","url_meta":{"origin":4563,"position":0},"title":"$100k in prizes for student rocket contest sponsored by Mars Society &#038; FAR","author":"TopSpacer","date":"March 3, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"The\u00a0Friends of Amateur Rocketry\u00a0(FAR) and the Mars Society are sponsoring a contest for liquid-fueled bi-propellant powered rockets built by college student teams: FAR\/Mars Society Launch Contest Student Rocketry Teams Compete for FAR-MARS Prize MOJAVE, CA \u2013 Student-built rockets will streak into the stratosphere in Spring, 2018 as college and university\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Contests and Games&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Contests and Games","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=16"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":23018,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=23018","url_meta":{"origin":4563,"position":1},"title":"Video: EUROC university student rocket competition underway in Portugal","author":"TopSpacer","date":"October 23, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"The first European Rocketry Challenge (EUROC) inter-collegiate student rocketry competition is being held in Ponte de Sor, Portugal this week (October 21-25). 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