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Rockets 2018- Fredericksburg Launches Start in Willow City, Thursday

The SystemsGo team has returned from the Jal Launches of Rockets 2018, and immediately transitioned to Willow City on Monday as launches begin there Thursday for Fredericksburg Rockets 2018. Launches at the Stewart’s Hillview Ranch in Willow City will only be 3 days this year, Thursday, April 26 through Saturday, April 28. Teams are already well into all the preparation to make this another fantastic event.

This testing site covers the Fredericksburg and Hill Country area schools and all Texas schools not participating in the Houston launches. Currently there are 66 rockets scheduled for launch by 24 schools at that location.

Launches will begin Thursday through Saturday at approximately 8:30 a.m. and will last at least through 5:30 p.m. each day, wind weather and rocket readiness provided.

Phil  Houseal will be providing Livestream from the site again this year so friends and family can watch the action online if they cannot attend the event. Joyce BK Abbey the voice of rockets will be keeping us informed and up to date throughout each day, as well as providing Rocket Trivia,  and her special brand of on site entertainment. Be sure to also watch for interviews with the rocket teams.

Texas Concessions will be providing food, snacks, and refreshments at the launch site once again this year. Restrooms will be available on site as well.

There is an 80% chance of rain Wednesday evening, so be prepared for damp conditions on the range on Thursday if that actually materializes. Of course they still have a 10% chance in for Thursday too, but then all that may change again, because as we all know Texas weather doesn’t live by the weather man’s predictions. Therefore, it is always best to be prepared for all conditions as it may be cold in the morning, hot in the afternoon, windy, rainy, or sunny.  Sunscreen, rain gear and a chair are recommended. Also be advised that weather will play a factor in launch time availability and may cause delays. Please be patient.

Please remember that since there is public access to this event, there are registration tickets for order and those may be found on the SystemsGo website as well at this  link:  https://www.greateventseats.com/SystemsGo . They are FREE, but REQUIRED. There is a waiver for admission you will sign along with your admittance ticket. You can get them at the gate but it is strongly advised to do this online ahead of time so that you do not slow yourself or anyone else down getting onto the range. This could cause you and others to miss your intended launches.

Here is the link to the live stream again. https://livestream.com/systemsgo

Map links to the site in both PDF and Google graphics are on the SystemsGo website at the following link:

http://www.systemsgo.org/events/

But just in case here is a picture of the PDF style map:

And here is the PDF  map link and Google graphic map link to the site as well.

Pictures  will be available here in this blog and in Facebook albums for you to view at the end of each days launches.  Phil and SystemsGo will be posting throughout the event on Facebook as well. Links to both our Facebook pages are below.

https://www.facebook.com/ginger.burow

https://www.facebook.com/SystemsGoEducation/

Here is the schedule of schools launching Thursday. It boasts 10 schools and 19 rockets:

Thursday, April 26, 2018
School Name / Teacher 1/1 Trans
Fredericksburg HS
Andrew Matthes		 2
Granger HS
Chaston Kubacak		 1
Hamilton HS
Tom Parrish		 1
Harleton HS
Hayland Hardy		 1 1
Henrietta HS
Sarah Dickey		 1 1
Hollenstein CTC
Rick Griffith		 3
Maypearl HS
Allex Wilson		 1
New Diana HS
Shawn Warden		 1
Roosevelt HS
Jared Warsing		 2 1
Union Grove HS
Greg Park		 2 1
10
Schools Launching
Totals 9 10
Total Rockets                 19

I will post each days schedules in this blog. They can also be found in original format on the SystemsGo website Events page.

More event details will be available here after the completion of Saturday’s event.

If you follow this program and like to view the launches, Rockets 2018  will continue with one more launch series at this level in May. This launch will be held in Smith Point just south of Anahuac, Texas for schools in the Houston area, on the weekend of May 11-13, 2018.  They currently have 56 vehicles scheduled for test by 15 schools at this site.  If you have been to the Houston area launches in the past you may want to check out the SystemsGo website for information because this location is only in its second year for that area. Information and a map link are available. This launch will also be available on Livestream and the link is listed above.

The senior/graduate groups are tentatively scheduled to launch their Goddard level rockets at White Sands Missile Range (WSMR) in New Mexico in late June.  These are not available for public viewing or Livestream due to being tested on a military facility, but blog and SystemsGo updates will be posted online as available during that week.

More event details will be available here in upcoming days as events get closer. Daily reports featuring schedules, school names, results, pictures and some editorial content will be posted during the 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 races, nope, but I will race you for a rocket!  #RideTheSky! #Launcher01 #ItISrocketScience #Rockets2018

Your local Recovery Team rocket Junkie wishes all the schools and students a picture perfect flight and recovery.

 

 

Fredericksburg Rockets 2016-Thursday Day 1 Report & Friday Schedule

Thursday went well. It started off a little slow due to a rain delay and low ceiling. Fortunately, it burned off by lunch time and launches started lining up quickly.  We had a little issue with  quite a few coming down ballistic so that made recovery difficult on some where there wasn’t much visual or tracking. All in all we still had an 80% recovery rate with only 4 left in the field. Hopefully they will still be recovered before the end of the weekend.

This year is a special treat for us. We have a third party in our recovery team. Our Navy daughter is home on leave, and joined us to work recovery. We had a real good time. There was a lot of goofing around during breaks in the action. Her dad and her were quite entertaining to watch as they had plant war, trying to pelt each other with beggers lice bushes, and other burr covered plants.

Once again SystemsGo has a truly talented group of team members and volunteers that put full effort into a great experience for all the students involved.

We have a shadow group from New Mexico this year. They have recently come online with the program and are helping in all areas to try to learn and mimic what we do here in order to  replicate it in New Mexico starting next year. Here’s a great shout out to them and their group, it is wonderful to have them here and on board with SystemsGo.

Below is the launch schedule for tomorrow, Friday. There are 8 schools launching a total of 25 rockets tomorrow.

Friday, May 13, 2016
School
Name		 # 1st Level
Tsiolkovsky		 # 2nd Level
Oberth
Akins High School
John Sayce		 6
Fabens High School
Manny Moreno		 3 1
Hardin-Jefferson High School
Mike Fogo		 2 1
Hollenstein Career & Tech Center
Richard Griffith		 2 2
Maypearl High School
James Herrod		 1
McGregor High School
Chris Kuhl		 1 1
Tom Moore (Ingram) High School
David Bunch		 2
Union Grove High School
Greg Park		 2 1
Schools Launching  8
Totals 19 6
May 13th Total Rockets 25

The following is a link to the album of pictures from today’s launch. Have a look you and your school rocket just might be in there.

https://www.facebook.com/ginger.burow/media_set?set=a.1137664469588016.1073741862.100000334203350&type=3

 

Good luck to all the schools launching on Friday. If I get a chance to do some updates during the day tomorrow , then I will but don’t count on it. It will probably just be one at the end of day. Here is the link to the live stream again.

http://livestream.com/accounts/3165037/events/5367166

Please remember that although there is no charge for the event, and these launches are open to public viewing, parking and seating is limited due to safety requirements. For this reason, SystemsGo has a provided a link for you to pre-order tickets for those in your party. This also provides SystemsGo with a way to monitor the number of people in attendance each year. This is in no way meant to discourage your attendance, but is instead to help them provide a great experience for students and spectators, while doing all possible to monitor safety issues and attendance numbers  at any one time during the launches.

https://www.greateventseats.com/events.php?lID=92

Event details will be available here each day of the event. Daily reports featuring schedules, school names, results, pictures and some editorial content will also be posted.

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.

Day 8- Fredericksburg Rocket Launches Day 1, Keys and Batteries

What a crazy yet awesome day. It started off with a bang, and that was before any of the rockets were ignited. We all got off to a bit of a late start getting away from the house this morning, and as things would be naturally, if you are already running behind, the universe, has its own sense of humor, and says, “let’s see just how behind we can get them.” Steve had left the house earlier to get breakfast tacos for all of us, and as we, being Chelsea and Guy in Guy’s truck and me, in my truck, had finally left the house and made it as far as Kneese Road, my phone rings,  and it’s Steve. He informed me that he had discovered that he did not have the keys to the mules, and I would have to go back for them. So I head back and find them, after I do and take off again, my switch on my messed AC system decides to turn to heat, a little Chevy glitch, and the only way to get the heat to stop is to turn the car off and back on. I was about 3/10 of a mile from my house when I stopped to fix this, with only one problem, the car turned off, but not back on. It was at this time that my battery that we thought might be getting a little weak, decided to die. That is right, I am now dead in the water. I call Steve to inform him and luckily he is still in town so he now has to return to get me. I grab all my stuff out of my truck and schlep it as far as my parents’ house where I wait for Steve. Now instead of getting to Willow City by 7:30, it’s more like 8:30.

Some of you might remember that we just replaced the battery in my son, Brett’s truck yesterday. We are now two batteries in two days. Batteries are not cheap!

Luckily, because the day started off cloudy with a low ceiling, we were in a holding pattern for the launches. In fact I believe it was around 11:30 before we actually started sending them up. We may have started cloudy and misty, but we ended up with a beautiful day to launch, although it was a bit hot and muggy at times in some of those dense pasture areas during recovery.

SystemsGo did an amazing job today getting all 19 rockets up. What a great crew and organization they have to make all this happen. Congratulations to all the schools that participated today as well. Every vehicle left the pad and about 15 out of 19 were recovered. The schools there today included Roosevelt High School, New Dianna High School, Kingwood High School, Kingwood Park High School, Union Grove High School, Hamilton High School, Hollenstein High School, Big Spring Charter School, and Fredericksburg High School. Great job to all you students, and getting here and having a successful launch,

The first day out of four, and I really don’t think it could have been much better. Everything seemed to run fairly smoothly, all the crews worked well together, and I believe most  if not all of us involved had a great time. I know Mr. Williams was a little concerned that it was only the first day, and some seemed to be having too much fun and goofiness right from the start. We won’t mention any names, but you know who you are. That’s what makes it fun and keeps it interesting though.

Tomorrow, Friday, the schedule shows 8 school launching a total of 22 rockets. The list is posted below for those who would like to see.

Friday, May 15, 2015
School
Name		 # 1st Level
Tsiolkovsky		 # 2nd Level
Oberth
Akins High School
John Sayce		 5
Fabens High School
Manuel Moreno		 2 1
Marble Falls High School
Randy Guffey		 1
Maypearl High School
Rebekah Hyatt		 2
North Lamar High School
Kathy Stewart		 1
RL Turner High School (Carrollton)
Karl Gscheidle		 2 2
Tom Moore (Ingram) High School
David Bunch		 2
University High School
Dennis Oubre		 2 2
8
Schools Launching
Totals 17 5
May 15th Total Rockets 22

Good luck to all of tomorrow’s schools, and safe travels both here and home. I know it will be another wonderful day. I just have to remember to put on the sunscreen tomorrow because I got a little toasted today. So if you see me, remind me. That is how I will know who reads this blog!!!!Well I captured so many cool pictures of workers, students and rockets today, but at the end of the day, nature’s beauty won out by giving us a glorious sunset over the launch site, so that’s my featured picture for this blog. I think I might show some of the high lights on my face book so keep an eye out there as well. Good night all, see you at the launch site in the morning. Once again here is the place to go for information on the launches and the Livestream Link.www.systemsgo.org