High School Rocket Club Builds Carbon Fiber Rocket

Nick Anderson, team leader of the Sunset Rocketry Club, located at Sunset High School Club in Portland, OR, writes that the club "is nearing completion of their third rocket, SRC III. The rocket is constructed with composite techniques ranging from carbon fiber, nomex and fiberglass. Use of these high tech composite materials let SRC create a lightweight, super strong rocket that is incredibly light in weight. Testing of SRC III should start soon, altitudes of up to 6000 ft are expected. SRC III is designed to carry 2 eggs and an electronic altimeter to extacly 1500 ft. This will be SRC's entry into the Team America Rocketry Challenge. More info on SRC III and other rockets can be viewed at their website."

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Real HS wiz-kids: Siemens' Challenge Winners

[GuyMannDude]

I submitted this yesterday but it got rejected for god knows what reason. Anyhow, the winner of the Siemens-Westinghouse Competition in Math, Science and Technology proved the Poset Game Periodicity Theorem of discrete mathematics which has stumped mathematicians for decades. He won $100,000! The winning team entry was two students who worked on rice genetics. They also won $100,000. The press release is here (warning: PDF).

Personally, I think this story is much more important than some kids building a rocket in the hopes of winning a competition. These students won a competition, and a prestigous one at that! Mods, as Obi-Wan would say: you must do what you feel is right, of course.

GMD