We are pleased to announce that Orbital ATK is now a sponsor of the 10th IREC. They will be providing a Judge (Marty Simonich), operational support (public address system), and souvenirs for the participants. Orbital ATK also paid for Mr. Simonich's wages and expenses at the 9th IREC last year, provided souvenir T-shirts as well and supplied their PA system for us to use.
We are very grateful for their support!
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ESRA is excited to welcome the Utah State University Space Dynamics Laboratory (SDL) as host of the SDL Payload Challenge in conjunction with the 10th IREC. $1000 in cash prizes will be awarded!
The 10th Intercollegiate Rocket Engineering Competition (IREC) will be held June 24-27 (with June 28 as a weather backup day), 2015, south of Green River, UT (same location as last year). We may adjust the details of the schedule (presentations vs. launches, etc.) so please stay tuned. We had considered having the IREC during March or April to allow better industry recruiting opportunities, but all the feedback we received from prospective teams indicated that June was much preferred. So June it is! We may also adjust the registration rules to reduce the number of late cancellations, but the general pattern from last year will be followed, with initial applications due by November 15 2014 (late applications will also be accepted but will result in lower points for "deliverables" in the scoring).
Thank you very much to our sponsors who are providing prize money for the following awards:
Advanced Category First Place ($1000): Sinclair Interplanetary Advanced Category Second Place ($500): Planetary Systems Corporation Basic Category First Place ($1000): Northrop Grumman Corporation Basic Category Second Place ($500): Space Exploration Technologies, Inc. (SpaceX) We are pleased to announce the addition of the R. Gilbert Moore Award for Innovation. It will apply to the rocket and payload, and come with a cash award provided by donors (they will remain anonymous until we verify whether they want to be identified or not). Dr. Moore got his start in the sounding rocket business flying payloads on captured German V-2s at White Sands, New Mexico after WWII. He has long been a champion of direct student involvement in rocketry and space experimentation. He has also been a staunch supporter of the Intercollegiate Rocket Engineering Competition since the first one in 2006 (where he was the Guest of Honor).
A summary of the 9th IREC awards is on the new Awards page. Please note the separate Payload Award this year. |
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