Yuma 508 CyberPatriot Team at work

Yuma CyberPatriot

Yuma 508 has entered a team in the CyberPatriot competition for the first time this year. We have an enthusiastic team of four along with a coach and three technical mentors. CyberPatriot involves a significant time commitment for the cadets. I have told them that it is like playing in the marching band or joining a sports team during the months of preparation and the competition rounds. In fact, most of our team members already have extra-curricular commitments in addition to the academic load.

We are feeling our way along since this is the initial experience with CyberPatriot for all of us. We have worked through several technical issues but still find that Internet bandwidth at our hangar is limiting. We have participated in the training and practice rounds so far. These are both competitions that are not scored. Our first scored challenge will the the first Qualification Round that takes place November 3-5. Please join me in wishing the team success in their first outing with CyberPatriot.

Stargazing for October

Team 508 Aerospace Announcement- October Stargazing at the Library

Do not forget that tonight is a stargazing night at the Yuma Foothills branch library at 7 PM. Bring your telescopes and binoculars and let's look up into the night sky.

Aerospace Links for October

Here are some really good links for Halloween month

Aerospace Links for October 2017

Hubble telescope spots strange binary asteroid

https://www.yahoo.com/news/hubble-spots-something-strange-hurtling-solar-system-100031657.html

Hubble Image-Spiral galaxy

https://amp.space.com/34-image-day.html

Start-up rocket company set to launch commercial satellites in New Zealand

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/rocket-lab-apos-next-private-125602341.html

Joint Russian and US station on the moon in the future?

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/russia-us-together-build-moon-134200418.html

Bird strike causes extensive damage to 737

https://www.yahoo.com/news/m/0cc6923d-0c15-3975-878a-204a6a922a50/ss_pilot-lands-safely-after-bird.html

Mission to sample asteroid sends back photos of earth

https://www.yahoo.com/news/spacecraft-way-sample-asteroid-snapped-220332445.html

Thirty meter telescope gets tentative go-ahead

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/long-delayed-thirty-meter-telescope-194700100.html

Rosetta’s last image

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/rosetta-probe-apos-last-surprise-031100131.html

The value of NASA’s Earth Science Satellites-Larsen C ice shelf fracture

https://www.yahoo.com/news/more-daytime-images-larsen-c-182839067.html

Meteor Shower may dazzle later in October

http://www.goodhousekeeping.com/life/news/a46318/orionid-meteors/

Juno and two moons of Jupiter-Photos

https://www.yahoo.com/news/m/7e78a844-d716-3e49-bb31-c10e3ebe0135/ss_jupiter-and-two-of-its.html

Mobile Launcher Problems

https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/10/citing-safety-nasa-panel-advises-building-a-new-costly-mobile-launcher/

SpaceX getting really good at recycling and reusing launch vehicles

http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2017/10/12/spacex-is-getting-really-good-at-launching-and-landing-recycled-rockets.html

CyberPatriot Team and Quadcopter build conflict

CyberPatriot Team and Quadcopter build

Originally, I had planned to complete quadcopter build on Saturday morning October 14. The Practice Round of the CyberPatriot competition is only available for a limited number of days. It is most practical to have the team meet this Saturday morning. The quadcopter build is of course still considered an important activity of our program. Quadcopter build will continue on the 4th Wed. of October on our usual AE meeting night along side of the model rocket build.

Aerospace Education Agenda for Squadron Meeting on October 25, 2017

AE Agenda for Squadron Meeting 10/25/17

Assignment: 1) Read material in Saturn Stage of CAP Model Rocketry handbook. 2) Complete online quiz for Saturn Module-Stage 3 of Model Rocketry in online learning section of eServices CAP web site. Here is the link to the quiz site: Saturn module online quiz.

Schedule:

1900    Video of animated Orion voyage to the moon using SLS.

1915    Each of the four elements will have a rocket kit to start building to fulfill option 1 of the hands-on activity required to complete Stage 3 of the Model Rocketry program. There will be a choice of 4 model rockets. We will hold a lottery to assign choices.
Quadcopter build will continue also. Hands-on activity.

2030    end.