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Requirements January 1975 until January 1984

1. *Build, launch, and recover a model rocket. Make a second launch to accomplish a specific mission objective. (Rocket must be built to meet Safety Code of the National Association of Rocketry.)

2. Tell the purpose of space exploration including (a) historical reason, (b) immediate goals in terms of specific knowledge, (c) benefits of "spin-offs," (d) values as related to earth resources, and (e) advancement of technology.

3. Tell about main steps in man's movement into space. Tell the contributions of each of these: Hermann Oberth, Jules Verne, K.E. Tsiolkovsky, Werner von Braun, Robert Goddard, and NASA.

4. Discuss and demonstrate each of the following:

(a) The Law of Action-Reaction
(b) Apogee and perigee
(c) How satellites stay in orbit

5. Explain the meaning of each of the following. Five an example for each: satellite, unmanned space probe, manned space mission, rocket engine, "air breathing" engine, remote sensing, telemetry, "spin-off," rocket propellant (fuel/oxidizer, closed environment, booster stage, payload, miniaturization, orbit, sounding rockets, burnout, weightlessness, and trajectory.

6. Describe some benefits that come from the space program and one of the following:

(a) The Appollo-Soyuz joint mission.
(b) A planetary fly-by project
(c) A planetary landing project
(d) Space shuttle
(e) An earth-orbiting application project
(f) An earth-orbiting scientific project.

7. Discuss with your counselor two possible careers in space exploration.

* If you can't do requirement 1 because of local laws, do the following: make a model of a NASA rocket. Explain the function of parts. Give the history of the rocket. (Or) Design a rocket for a space mission (to fly by, land, land and return, manned or unammed) to a planet in our solar system. Tell what the requirements would be for the mission in time, life support systems, fuel, and telemetry.