Build Your Own Rocket Event with Spaceport L.A.

by Larry Hoffing, Educational Outreach Coordinator, Reaction Research Society

The Reaction Research Society (RRS.ORG) is glad to be a part of an upcoming event with Spaceport L.A. The “Rocket Workshop with the RRS” is an excellent opportunity for anyone who wants to get directly acquainted with rocketry. This event is meant for both professionals and non-professionals alike. From younger students to university students of all fields, to adults, this event is meant to give people the experience of assembling and flying your own rocket.

https://www.facebook.com/spaceportla
Spaceport L.A.’s Facebook page has their upcoming events

The event will begin on Saturday, May 4, 2019 with a subsequent launch of the rockets from the RRS Mojave Test Area (MTA) on Saturday, May 18, 2019. At this event, you can learn about the fundamentals and more practical knowledge of rocketry.

The event will be held at the HexLab MakerSpace in Van Nuys. This is laser-cutting service in the Los Angeles area. Check the Spaceport L.A. website for the details and updates.

HexLab MakerSpace is a place for creative people to have the tools they need to make their ideas real

The RRS standard alpha rocket is a very old, but reliable design still used in the society. Although micrograin propellant is not used anywhere else but at the RRS (where it was initially discovered in the 1940’s), it is a simple and powerful propellant combination that makes for an impressive show of raw power. I have attached an earlier description of the RRS standard alpha rocket below.

After the first session, on the second event, you can go out to the RRS’s private Mojave Test Area (MTA) at Koehn Dry Lake, east of Cantil, California in the high desert. The RRS will handle the propellants, you can see the impressive results from the safety of our observation bunker.

alpha launch 03-25-2017
RRS director of research, Richard Garcia, with his brick as a camera tripod
First of ten alphas right at liftoff
Xavier Marshall and Wilbur Owens; Wilbur gets his first RRS alpha

Amateur rocketry is our passion and purpose and the society is glad to hold this event with Spaceport L.A. and the public.

https://www.spaceportla.com/

Spaceport L.A., our sponsor for this Rocket Build Event with the RRS

For questions, look to the Spaceport L.A. official website linked above. For questions about the RRS rocket build event, contact the RRS Educational Outreach Coordinator, Mr. Larry Hoffing.

events@rrs.org

For any questions about the Reaction Research Society, go to our website at RRS.ORG