"A" to "Nano" Rocketry—Mark Stehlik explains how to use "A" powered motors and below for fun flying and contests.

Soviet Manned Lunar Landing Program—Peter Alway of Saturn Press will demonstrate the hardware that the soviets had planned to use to land men from the hammer and sickle on the moon.

Fun with Egglofting—From kitbashed Big Berthas to Streamliner fiberglass to mighty mid-powered models, egglofters are the premier model rocket payloaders. Robert Alway will discuss model design from kitbashed Berthas to fiberglass composite. Topics will include egg capsules and how to pad them, model mass and performance, engine selection, launch systems including towers and pistons, recovery systems with parachutes and shock cords, what to do about the weather (thermals anyone?), and getting a qualified flight.

Camera Rockets—Art Upton of BoosterWorks will teach you how to integrate cameras, video recorders and transmitters into your next project.

Rocketry Math vs. Wind Tunnel Testing— Charlie Marks will discuss calculating CP using Barrowman equations and RockSim vs. testing stability in a real working wind tunnel.

Space Sciences Consortium - Atmospheric Studies on Mars—Dr. Michael Wolff will relate his work using the Mars Rover program.

Rockets for Schools—Carol and Randy Lutz will discuss the very successful RFS program at Spaceport Sheboygan, which is on the brink of an exciting new development.

Growing up at Wallops—Mark "Bunny" Bundick describes what it was like to grow up at the Wallops Flight Facility.

Team Outlander Project—A special project undertaken by a dedicated group of WOOSH members to build an upscale Estes Outlander model. The rocket was flown and recovered successfully at Midwest Power III in Princeton Ill. on October 29th on a cluster of four "L" EX motors. The saucer (ascent stage) also staged on a Cesaroni K510 motor. Team members will show photos and videos of the build up and flight footage while describing the unique challenges associated with taking on an outlandish project such as the Outlander. The rocket will be on display all weekend at the convention.  Click HERE to see the Outlander Project web page.

The Planetary Protection Program—It's not so far fetched that if private vehicles and astronauts are heading out to space, NAR members will be among them! Come learn about UW-Parkside's collaborative project through NASA's Planetary Protection Project, which has ramification for future use of resources in space. http://planetaryprotection.nasa.gov/pp/ Presented by Dr. Carol Lee Saffioti-Hughes and Dr. Vera Kolb.

Scale Modeling—Gary and Fran Miller give you the scoop on how to build a competitive scale model for NAR competition.

Rocket Design using MS PowerPoint—Ever wanted to see how a custom-designed rocket would look, without having to use up your spare parts? Eric VanDommelen will show you how to use Microsoft's PowerPoint as a design visualization tool. Tubes, fins, and nose cones can be laid out and arranged using the many functions of PowerPoint. Once you've drawn your rocket, you can quickly change colors to decide on a paint scheme, and even draw spectacular decals that can be sent to a color printer with label or decal stock.

Model and High Power Rocket Safety Program—Warren Benson discusses the safety program used by the NASA/Houston Rocket Club based on the use of checklists created with help and encouragement from the Johnson Space Center safety department. Participants will learn techniques to insure their rockets will work properly and return to fly again!

Model and High Power Range Safety Program—Warren Benson discusses the safety program used by the NASA/Houston Rocket Club based on the use of checklists created with help and encouragement from the Johnson Space Center safety department. Participants will learn range safety procedures.

The Rocketry Education Pipeline—Vince Huegele from NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center discusses using the NASA Explorers Institute to develop new methods of reaching out to teachers and their students.

How to Start a High School Rocketry Program—Pavel Pinkas will discuss how to build a high school rocketry program from scratch. This will include the principles of operation, getting grants, dealing with the administration, getting media attention, attracting students and advancing them from the mid-power TARC type rockets to the L3 projects over the course of 4 years.

Advanced Construction Techniques for Competition—Bob Kaplow will show you how to reduce weight and increase strength of competition models by proper materials selection and using carbon fiber, Kevlar, and tissue. Using a razor plane and T sander to airfoil wings. Warping helicopter rotors. Balsa cone egglofters. Hinges and torque rods.

Topics in Advanced Recovery: How to Catch 'Em and then Fetch 'Em—Will Marchant will discuss the use of the RouseTech CD3 CO2 recovery system and the Defy Gravity Tether charge released locking mechanism. With a lot of expensive hardware on board you'll want to find the rocket. A survey of radio tracking technology and currently available systems will round out the discussion.

Wireless HPR Launch Controller—Dean Roth will discuss his efforts to use a wireless launch controller for use with HPR.

Using the Skyripper Hybrid System—Jim Russell, Scott Goebel and Brian White will discuss using the Skyripper Hybrid System.

Forces on a Model Rocket in Flight - Solving the Fehskens-Malewicki Equations—Presented by Joyce Guzik.  Those attending are asked to bring along a scientific calculator and paper and pen/pencil for working through the problems.

Sport Rocketry Magazine—Presented by Tom Beach.

Rockets in a College Engineering Curriculum—Presented by Professors John Kallend and Mike Gosz.

The CHIPS Space Based Observatory—The CHIPS space based observatory was the first of NASA's "University class" Explorer missions. It was also the first NASA space observatory to use the Internet for end-to-end communication. Come hear how Jim Barrowman's (of the famous "Barrowman equations") Explorer projects office at Goddard Space Flight Center teamed up with the University of California, Berkeley's Space Sciences Laboratory to make the CHIPS mission a success.  Presented by Will Marchant.  Get more info here: http://mrchips.ssl.berkeley.edu/~marchant/