Challenge Structure
5 Key Milestone Awards ($15k - $50k+)
Designed to drive elite collegiate rocketry teams to execute on self-landing rockets. Each milestone can be won by 3 teams, meaning a total of 15 awards will be distributed.
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Judging & Logistics
Teams will pursure the challenge and judges will be flown to attempts or they will be judged remotely! Teams will handle their own launch logistics - it's important to understand that teams partipating in this challenge are experiences in navigating the relevant regulatory requirements, and forcing a specific launch location and date would heavily constrain them. Open-door policy and transparency will be championed with the intent of the rules being enforced. Teams will be in constant communication with each other and the judging team.
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Collaboration & Knowledge Transfer
To increase effective experience, data input and access to resources, teams will be required to share their learning - CADs, data, testing results - and support each other in design reviews, etc. All research conducted by teams in the challege will be published at regular intervals!
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Safety & Complaince
Teams will have to go through an application process to pursue the challenge. Per the below, this is not an endorsement or an assumption of any responsibility over any team's activities. In addition, we provide a Safety Guide, we require all team members to complete a safety training, have regular safety officer meetings and require a Safety Council member be present in teams' final reviews. We've also worked with multiple legal experts to provide guidance on ITAR compliance.
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Challenge Rules
Baseline
TVC Hotfire ($15k)
Throttleable Hotfire ($15k)
The Bess Touchdown Award ($25k)
Tethered Hover ($25k)
Hop ($50k)
ITAR Guidance
We’ve also worked with multiple legal experts to provide guidance on ITAR compliance.
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Safety Guidance
This guide in part represents experience and best practices from amateur and high-power rocketry…
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Detailed Challenge Rules
Goes into greater detail then the challenge rules listed above. Please make sure to read the whole document if partipating.
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