Today was the third day of launches at Stonewall for Central Texas Rockets 2019. It was a fantastic day as the team and volunteers launched 19 rockets today. Schools from Akins HS, Alamo Heights HS, Fredericksburg HS, Hamilton HS, Kingwood HS, Llano HS, Liberty Christian HS, London ISD HS, Marble Falls HS, and McGregor HS all had rockets tested today. About half of these were trailered rockets from Thursday. These schools were ready to go when the storm prevented further launches, so the vehicles were held until they could be launched and videoed on Livestream allowing the schools to watch their tests from home.
All 19 rockets were successfully tested today. All but one was successfully recovered today. That makes only two rockets out of 33 tested over the past three days, still in the field to be found.
Mr. Brett Williams, the program’s creator dropped by with Joan Baker, former NASA dignitary that was instrumental in getting NASA involved in the program, forging a relationship that still stands today. Unfortunately I was unable to get a picture of Ms. Baker. This visit was also a short reunion for Mr. Williams and a couple of the teachers from the early days that are still heavily involved in the program. The three are pictured below, left to right, Brett Williams, Collin Lange, and Doug Underwood.
Today was originally scheduled to be the last day of Central Texas Rockets here in Stonewall, but due to weather on Thursday and Friday, some schools rescheduled to Saturday and Sunday. Therefore we are still launching tomorrow. There is only one school, Georgetown High School with 4 rockets left to accommodate tomorrow, so hopefully it will be a short day launching and recovering, and a quick clean up.
Phil assures me that there will be Livestreaming again for tomorrow’s launches. As of yet I have not found a new link for that particular date. I am going to leave the link for today’s live stream as that should get you to the page where you will be able to pick up the stream when it actually goes live for tomorrow.
Stages 1 and 2 will still be at the Stonewall Chamber of Commerce building. The launch site is still at the Sammy Segner Ranch on Double Horn Road.
The sites will be open to public viewing of launches. However, if you plan to attend any of these launches please register for your attendance ticket ahead of time or obtain them at the gate. These are free but required for admittance to each site as they also include a waiver for access to the site. Reserving them ahead at the website is preferred to obtaining them at the gate because the latter slows entrance to the site and may result in you missing the viewing of your intended launch.
The Central Texas/Stonewall launch dates, locations, map links, ticket links, and schools are also listed here for your convenience or can be found at http://www.systemsgo.org/events/ .
Central Texas/Stonewall:
- Sunday, May 5
- New Launch Site: 2187 Double Horn Road, Stonewall, Texas 78671
Stage 1 & 2 at Stonewall Chamber of Commerce: 250 Peach Street, Stonewall, TX 78671 - https://www.greateventseats.com/FBG-SystemsGo
- Schedule for Sunday:
- Georgetown High School with 4-1 pound/1 mile
- Google Map Link: https://goo.gl/maps/84VMTwMqFvy
Directions (PDF) - Schools participating: Fabens HS, Fredericksburg HS, Granger HS, Hamilton HS, Kingwood HS, Lampasas HS, Llano HS, Marble Falls HS, McGregor HS, Roosevelt HS, Summer Creek HS, Decatur HS, Georgetown HS, Kermit HS, Liberty Christian School, Terrell HS, Tom Moore Ingram HS, Union Grove HS, Victoria East HS
- 49 expected rockets for testing
- A live feed for each launch will be provided and will be available at www.systemsgo.org as each launch date arrives. Friday’s is as follows: May 4- Day 3
The sites will be open for admittance at 8:00 a.m. and launches will commence at 8:30 a.m. Of course rockets are subject to winds, weather and workmanship, all of which can stall a launch. Come join in the action and cheer on these students. Admission is free, but the look on your students’ faces when their vehicle goes up and then is recovered, is far from priceless.
Pictures from the progress at the site to this point are on SystemsGo Facebook page, as well as my Facebook page. They can be found here:
https://www.facebook.com/SystemsGoEducation/
https://www.facebook.com/ginger.burow
A live feed for each launch will be provided and will be available at www.systemsgo.org as each launch date arrives.
Daily reports featuring schedule links, school names, results, pictures and some editorial content will be posted during the events if information is available.
Please watch the SystemsGo website, SystemsGo Facebook page, SystemsGo Twitter feed: https://twitter.com/SystemsGoNews and this blog for upcoming information on theses events.
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.
Hope to see you at the launches! #RideTheSkies #texasrockettrail #Rockets2019
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