Space Day Launch - 2004
WOOSH Sponsored Public Launch
When: Saturday, May 8th, 2004 10am-5pm
Where: Sussex Village Park
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Why: To celebrate Space Day, to fly rockets and to enjoy the beautiful May weather.
Who: All rocketry enthusiasts and curious people who still hesitate on whether to join in on the fun.
What: Sport flying (launch equipment
provided), demo flights of
scale models of space vehicles and other interesting rockets.
How High: Maximum allowed total impulse is G (160Ns).
How Big: Up to large models rockets (1500g). FAA notification will be in effect.
How Much:
Free! Donations to WOOSH
greatly encouraged. Raffle tickets for door prizes will be available
for $1 each. Buy 5 and get
1 free!
When: The Grand Prize drawing will
be at 12:00pm. The Feature Presentation will be from 12:30pm-1:00pm.
The Contest will be from 10:00am-2:00pm. Contest prizes will
be awarded right after the contest ends.
Mars Landing Contest: The goal of this contest is to fly a rocket that carries a "Mars Lander" inside, ejects it at ejection, and the lander then lands under its own chute. The lander can be anything (film canister, ping-pong ball or any other safe and lightweight object). My only concern is that if lander fails to deploy its chute, it won't land in the NASA style (3 miles deep). No other recovery device than a chute is allowed for the lander. First three landers that SAFELY land inside the area representing planet Mars will win prizes. The Mars area will be in some distance, so this won't be the usual spotlanding. I may decide to move the area during day.
Especially invited to this event are all
kids, teachers and group leaders who have an interest in model
rocketry, want to learn more about it, or seek to meet rocketry enthusiasts for
further cooperation.
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