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Rocket Designer Grade 1
Rocket Designer Grade 2
Rocket Designer Grade 3
Rocket Designer Grade 4
Rocket Engine Designer Grade 1

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Email Rocket Camp

The Rocket Camp is a program offered by The Foundation For Learning Advancement. The camp is held at Wickman Spacecraft and Propulsion Company facilities, a NASA and Department of Defense contractor in Casper, Wyoming. Rocket Camp is a hands-on, classroom/workshop experience. Students will learn about the history, math, science and engineering of rockets.

Rocket Camp Courses

• Rocket Designer Grade 1 - A course for beginning rocket engineers between the ages of 9 and 10. Students learn the fundamentals of designing and building rockets. They will design and build their own rocket and launch it. Each student will also assemble a solid rocket motor that will be static fired during the class.
• Rocket Designer Grade 2 - You will learn to design, build and launch solid fuel rockets to altitudes of 1500 feet. Each student will assemble a solid rocket motor that will be used to fly their rocket. The course is designed for students ages 11 and 12.
• Rocket Designer Grade 3 - Students will make a high power rocket capable of going almost a mile high. For students 13 years of age and up.
• Rocket Designer Grade 4 - Students will use their skills from Rocket Engine Designer Grade 1 to design and build a solid rocket motor for a rocket 6 inches in diameter and up to 12 feet tall, which they will also make. They will also make an electronic deployment system for dual deployment parachute recovery. For students 13 years of age and up. Rocket Engine Designer Grade 1 or the AE-101 class is a prerequisite.
• Rocket Engine Designer Grade 1 - Students will learn to design and make their own solid rocket motors using the latest technology in composite propellants. For students 13 years of age and up.

Rocket Designer - Grade 1

Students will learn the fundamentals of designing and building a rocket from scratch. They will gain an understanding of the principals of aerodynamic stability, rocket propulsion and recovery by building and flying their own rockets during the course. The course will include a tour of an FAA Control Tower and Approach Control^*** plus a static test firing of a solid rocket motor.

Rocket Designer - Grade 2

In this course students move beyond model rocketry and into the mid-power range. They will assemble their own composite solid rocket motors for the rockets they design on a computer. Students will also learn how to do 2-D flight trajectory simulations to see how high and fast their rockets will fly. They will learn how to work with a lathe and bandsaw to make their own nosecones and fins. A trip to the Air Traffic Control Tower at Natrona County International Airport is also part of the course^***.

Rocket Designer - Grade 3

Students will move into High Power Rocketry and get a flavor for amateur rocketry at the same time. They will mix and cast their own composite solid rocket motor which they will later assembled into a "J" class motor. These rockets will be 4 inches in diameter and up to 9 feet tall with speeds approaching Mach 0.6.

Rocket Designer - Grade 4

This class introduces students to advanced amateur rocketry with the design and construction of "M" class rocket motors for use on rockets approximately 6 inches in diameter and 12 feet tall. During this class students will learn how to use electronics to deploy a small drogue chute at apogee and a large main chute at a preset distance above the ground. Students will also design and build their own composite solid rocket motor. Rocket Engine Designer Grade 1 or the AE-101 class is a prerequisite.

Rocket Engine Designer - Grade 1

This course introduces students to Amateur rocketry where they learn how to design and build composite solid rocket motors. This class focuses entirely on motor building. Students will learn how to formulate, mix and cast solid propellant safely. At the end of the class, they will static fire their motors and see how close their motor's performance comes to their predictions.

Windows Media Player Format

• Download and play a video of on what makes The Rocket Camp unique. (file size 446K). A Rocket Designer Grade 2 class building their rockets.
• Download and play a video of a solid rocket motor static firing at The Rocket Camp. (file size 887K).
• Download and play a video of a Rocket Designer Grade 2 rocket flight at the Casper, Wyoming airport. (file size 616K).
• Download and play a video of Rocket Designer Grade 3 rocket flights where the rockets go almost 4,000 ft high. (file size 515K).
• Download and play a video showing a Rocket Engine Designer Grade 1 graduate with his solid rocket motor and its static firing. (file size 591K).
• Download and play a video showing a Rocket Designer Grade 4 graduate with his 6 inch by 9 feet rocket and 4" PVC pipe PSAN motor. Both the rocket and motor were designed and built by the student. (file size 518K).

Rocket Camp Location &
Contact Information

All Rocket Camp classes are held at Wickman Spacecraft & Propulsion Company facilities at 3745A Studer at the Natrona County International Airport. Turn off highway 20-26 just before the main entrance to the airport onto Industrial Road. Head for the large orange water tower which will put you on Studer. Wickman facilities are located about 500 ft from the water tower in a large two story white building at the corner of Studer and Moffett.

Contact John Wickman at the Rocket Camp (307) 265-5895, 10:00 am - 5:00 pm for more information. The Rocket Camp is operated by The Foundation For Learning Advancement, a non-profit foundation. Wickman Spacecraft and Propulsion Company is an operating division of Totally Benign Enterprises, 3745A Studer, Casper, Wyoming, 82604, (307) 265-5895.

Hotels & Motels In
Casper, Wyoming

For those coming from out of town to attend The Rocket Camp, there are a variety of hotels and motels to stay at in Casper. The following is a partial list of hotels and motels in Casper, Wyoming.

Casper, Wyoming Hotels & Motels - Phone Numbers

• Super 8: (307) 266 - 3480
• Comfort Inn: (307) 235 - 3038
• Hampton Inn: (307) 235 - 6668
• Econo Lodge: (307) 266 - 2400
• Holiday Inn: (307) 235 - 2531
• Radisson Hotel: (307) 266 - 6000
• Days Inn: (307) 234 - 1159
• Casper Days Inn: (307) 234 -1159
• Parkway Plaza (307) 235 - 1777

You can click on the link below to get information on each hotel/motel plus see their room rates and actually book a room. Click here to see the Casper, Wyoming hotel/motel list plus obtain more information about their rooms, rates and make an on-line reservation.