2023-12-10 Meeting notes

5 min

Last Week Action Items

Cesar

10 min

Subteam Updates

Pms

• USLI

  • CDR working

  • Made some big orders

  • Could potentially use the big dronE

• RPL

  • Cleaned Feed System

  • Engine Sizing

• Hobby

  • I also won’t make it. I’m still trying to contact people for L1’s but getting responses is proving to be difficult. Luckily I think I have enough solid confirmations that I can probably start a group this week

• SmallSat

  • We are finishing first rev schematic designs this week and are prototyping for our payloads, so we’re moving pretty well. Not sure where SEDS grant money is tho, as Lee said she never got anything about it. I’ve emailed Rohan about it.

  • FMEA on starshade

10 min

3 Tiers of Individual Donations

Team

1. Three tiers of individual donations and what your team could do with them.

   1. These will be given to potential sponsors or donors, so they can donate small amounts to individual teams to make an impact.

      1. Using the template we provided (linked here and in the channel’s Files), please upload to this channel.

Small Donations

• 1000 - 5000 ish is a “small donation”

  • Quantifieable Impact

• $1000

  • Hobby

    • 10 L1 Rocket Certifications for Students

  • RPL

    • 1 Year of Engine Raw Material

  • NASA University Student Launch

    • Competition Subscale Rocket Test Program

    • 2 Competition Test Flight

• $5000

  • Hobby

    • 20 Custom Built Rocket Certification flights for Students

  • NASA University Student Launch

    • Competition rocket and payload

  • Rose Propulsion Labs

    • 1 Year of Liquid Engine Hotfire Test Operations

  • Smallsat

    • 1 Year of Satellite Research and Development

• $10,000

  • NASA University Student Launch

    • Entire 20 person team travel to competition

  • Rose Propulsion Lab

    • Entire Engine Development and Construction

  • SmallSat

    • Ground Station Development

    • Conference Travel (SmallSat)

• $25,000

  • NASA Student Launch

    • All of team expenses for 1 year

  • Rose Propulsion Lab

    • Build an entire Lander

  • Smallsat

    • Entire Satellite Ground Station Construction

    • Entire Satellite Starshade Payload

• $50,000

  • Rose Propulsion

    • Entire 4-year challenge cycle and innovative engine development

  • Smallsat

    • Build an Entire Satellite

5 min

BIC Admin Push Updates?

Garrett

Update

• Meeting Agenda

• Rob Coons Jumpscare????

• More traction, seems promising

OTFR - USLI

• Can we ask for money relatively early?

• 7k for 20 people

• Submit for the first window possible in spring

• Mach 13th window

• Reserve Airbnb now

10 min

Open Discussion

Team

• RPL Payload

  • 15kg dead mass

• RPL Test Site

  • Lindsey Wright is building a gravel path for RPL testing

  • Figure out risks/analysis

  • Check out the placement of the gravel

    • See if you could work this into future infrastructure

  • Think of any forethought for the project

• Communications and Marketing

  • January 23rd Tuesday 4:30-5:00

  • Pictures and Videos of the team

• Open House

  • Tuesday