[LUNAR Announce:] FW: SSA - NASA RECOMMENDS DISCONTINUATION OF STUDENT ROCKET ACTIVITY

[David Takemoto-Weerts]

See the message below. It may or may not be of interest as it has to do with "stomp"-style rockets.

Regards,

David Takemoto-Weerts
JPL Solar System Ambassador
Nat'l Assoc. of Rocketry, L1 high power
Davis/UC Davis Astronomy Clubs
Davis, CA
From: ambassad [mailto:ambassad at jpl.nasa.gov]
Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2012 11:15 AM
Subject: SSA - NASA RECOMMENDS DISCONTINUATION OF STUDENT ROCKET ACTIVITY
Importance: High

Apologies for double-posting.  This message went out recently via the NASA Education listserve and is important enough for me to mention it again.  NASA Education wants everyone to STOP using the referenced rocket launcher activity.  Please share this information with anyone you know who might be affected by this decision.
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Recently, an air pressurized paper rocket launcher being used by an educator failed. This launcher is described in NASA's Rockets Educator Guide, publications EG-2011-11-223-KSC, pp. 86-90 and EG-2008-05-060-KSC, pp. 86-90.  NASA completed an engineering investigation into the failure and determined that the launcher, or design equivalents, should not be used. NASA has removed the launcher design from its website and its education curriculum. Individuals and organizations should immediately discontinue use of the launcher published in the referenced NASA publications.  The point of contact for additional information is James Stofan, Deputy Associate Administrator for Education Integration at nasaedpartners at nasa.gov<http://mce_host/login/compose/nasaedpartners@nasa.gov>.  We request that your organization assist NASA in disseminating this information as widely as possible throughout the education community.
NASA Education
http://www.nasa.gov/education






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