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UCI Rocket Project 2020

$1,399
9%
Raised toward our $15,000 Goal
16 Donors
Project has ended
Project ended on June 29, at 08:00 AM PDT
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UCI Rocket Project 2020

Donate to the UCI Rocket Project to help us build our Preliminary Test Rocket (PTR), a record breaking liquid bi-propellant rocket! 

We are aiming to raise $15,000 to help purchase the final components such as our rocket skin, flight hardware, and the tools to initiate the manufacturing process of PTR. Our team will launch PTR in the Dollar per Foot challenge proposed by Friends of Amateur Rocketry.The DPF challenge is open all to all college students across the country, requiring them to build a liquid propellant, single-stage rocket that must also be recovered using a two stage recovery system.  More information can be found here: https://friendsofamateurrocketry.org/dpf-challenge/

About the team: 

We are a student organization here at UCI, providing good multidisciplinary engineering practices to undergrad students while pushing the boundaries of collegiate rocketry through design and fabrication of liquid bi-propellant rockets. Our team consists of roughly 50 members, split into six sub-teams which are: 

  • Avionics: Develop and test the hardware and software needed for our flight computer, data acquisition, and engine control system.
  • Propulsion: Design the rocket engine and fluid systems. 
  • Launch Vehicle: Responsible for the design and manufacturing of the structural elements of the rocket, as well as the recovery system and integration of flight plumbing. 
  • Operations: Organizes group resources, manages records of purchase orders and facilitates outside UCI Rocket Project relations.
  • Management: Develop timeline, goals, and technical road-map for the entire team. 
  • Testing: Responsible for plumbing design, testing of engine systems, test operations, procedures, and logistics. 

The designing, manufacturing, and testing of rockets--at any stage--requires a tremendous amount of funds. Similar to how a building is built from the ground up--one brick at a time--your support at any level provides us another 'brick' that will hold the entirety of the future that we envision here at UCI Rocket Project. If you would like to learn more about our team check out our website: https://rocket.eng.uci.edu/

Thank you for your help!

 

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Rocket Scientist

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Rocket Engineer

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$50

Flight Engineer

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Astrophysicist

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$100

Chief Engineer

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$250

Space Cadet

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$500

Space Explorer

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$750

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$1,000

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