Thu, Sep 09, 2010
Team America Rocketry Challenge Opens Registration
Registration for the 2011 edition of the world's largest rocket
competition is open now through November 30. The Team America
Rocketry Challenge will accept up to 750 student teams in grades
7-12 from any U.S. school, home school or non-profit youth
organization.
The annual rocket contest, sponsored by
the Aerospace Industries Association, challenges teams of three to
10 students to design and build a rocket that will climb to 750
feet with a raw egg payload and stay aloft for 40 to 45 seconds.
The egg must then return to earth unbroken. "The Team America
Rocketry Challenge is a vital part of our industry's outreach to
young people," said Marion C. Blakey, AIA president and CEO. "TARC
provides a great opportunity for students to work with scientists
and engineers and learn in an exciting and fun environment."
The top 100 TARC team finalists will be notified April 8 that
they have earned a spot in the May 14 competition just outside of
Washington, DC. Student participants compete for $60,000 in prizes,
scholarships and a trip to the 2011 international air show in Paris
for an international "Fly-Off" with student teams from France and
the UK. AIA sponsors TARC with the National Association of
Rocketry, NASA, the Defense Department, the American Association of
Physics Teachers and AIA member companies. The contest is in its
ninth year and is proving to be a catalyst for generating student
interest in math and science.
2009 TARC Winners
The aerospace industry is actively looking for young people to
join its ranks. The industry is facing a future workforce shortage
as many employees will reach retirement age in the next decade. A
recent Aviation Week and Space Technology survey found that almost
40 percent of the workforce is over the age of 50.
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