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Undergraduate Students Reaching for the Stars and Sending Rockets to Space—Laura Potterat and Michael O’Neill—USC Rocket Propulsion Laboratory
Future Tech Health
English - December 11, 2019 07:41 - 28 minutes - 26.1 MB - ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsEducation Health & Fitness health ketone stem cell cancer cure Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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About 15 years ago, the USC Rocket Propulsion Laboratory was established with the aim of sending the first student designed and built rocket to space. This means sending a rocket beyond what’s internationally recognized as the Kάrmάn line: the line where Earth’s atmosphere meets outer space, about 100 km or 330,000 feet from the surface of Earth. It wasn’t until last year that this was achieved by the team at the USC Rocket Propulsion Lab, and on today’s podcast, media lead Michael O’Neill and avionics lead Laura Potterat share everything they’ve experienced and learned as a part of the team. On today's episode, you'll learn:
How the work being done at USC Rocket Propulsion Lab could lead to a cheaper and simpler way of obtaining atmospheric dataHow space rockets are designed and functionThe challenge and importance of mitigating a high thrust profile at low altitudes, and increasing thrust profile at high altitudesVisit uscrpl.com to learn more.