The SystemsGo team left Fredericksburg at 10:43 a.m. this morning headed to White Sands Missile Range (WSMR) in New Mexico. They traveled with the Fredericksburg High School rocket group. After supper in El Paso, they arrived in Alamogordo, NM, for lodging at 7:33 p.m. this evening. All participating schools also arrived safely.
Tomorrow is an informational and set up day. SystemsGo personnel and all students, teachers, and parents from the schools will have an early morning. We will be leaving the hotel at 5:45 a.m. to meet up at the gravel lot out side the Main Gate (Las Cruces) at 6:45 a.m.
The convoy will be led to Missile Park to view a live Missile Test at 8:00 a.m. Next, they will proceed to the Post Theater for the T-1 briefing and a short presentation by each school on their vehicle and it’s expectations. Afterwards SystemsGo, students and necessary personnel go to West Center 50 launch site to set up and prep vehicles.
Parents will be dismissed at that time to find their own entertainment for the day. Only SystemsGo personnel, teachers, student teams and essential personnel will go to WC50.
Friday is the first launch day and at this point, it is slated to be an early morning. Fredericksburg High School is first up to launch for the day and the current schedule has them testing at 8:00 a.m. The hope is to test 4 vehicles by 2:00 p.m, including Brazoswood, Booker T. Washington, and Anahuac.
Event details will continue to be available here. I will provide more information each day as to how the schedule and other event details will progress for that day and how launches went for the schools testing the previous day. Pictures are not allowed on the range, but some pictures of teams getting ready to leave for the range with their vehicles might be available. If anything is available, I will post it for your viewing pleasure.
www.systemsgo.org as always is the place for more information on this program. You may also email them at info@systemsgo.org . Take the time to get your school involved. The future of your students will be greatly benefited.
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