The scores say it all!! AISES (American Indian Science and Engineering Society) 1st Place = University of Minnesota-Twin Cities (UMN-TC) 616.07points 2nd Place = Azusa Pacific 444.45pts 3rd Place = Haskell Indian Nations University – Ghost Spears 369.2pts Tribal College ranking is as follows: 1st Place = Northwest Indian College 680.85pts 2nd Place = Fon Du […]
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Test of Northwest Indian College Space Center Launch Complex
Posted: 7th September 2010 by gbrandt in Hot Rockets, Launches, NewsComments Off on Test of Northwest Indian College Space Center Launch Complex
Last week Dave and Gary started to mow the Northwest Indian College Space Center Launch Complex. It’s located near the old blockhouse site on the extension of Kwina Road after it intersects with Hillaire Road. It took two days of mowing the tall grass, black berries, and smallish trees with the College’s Billy Goat brush […]
Gary, Mariya, Cathy, Delanae and daughter Angelina, presented a water rocket workshop at this years, Women/Girls and Men/Boys Conference in Gold Bar, WA this past Wednesday, August 25. After a several hour trip in the maroon van, whose air conditioning didn’t work (of course on one of the hottest days of the year), we arrived […]
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Julie Clift and Debora Nielson, both of NASA, were instrumental in encouraging us to attend. They certainly made our attendance attainable by providing possibilities and opportunities. They and all of the other NASA and university people there made us feel very welcome and greatly expanded our knowledge about physics, engineering, and other topics that end […]
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Gary, Justin, Mariya, Patrisha, and Michael attended a 4-day NASA sponsored workshop about the Unisversity Student Launch Initiative. We toured ATK facilities near Promentory Point, UT, built two Patriot rockets and learned a great deal about the USLI ins and outs. Tomorrow we launch our rockets at Bonneville Salt Flats. Here are the official photos.
We were just informed of our 2nd place finish at the First Nations Rocket Launch held in Wisconsin during the weekend of April 30- May 1, 2010. Weare pleased with our results and are planning on improving our skills and knowledge at future competitions.
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This is the response to a question that Gary asked Kent Newman, president of the Washington Aerospace Club regarding taking the Level 2 certification written test: It’s easy, Gary. Both NAR and TRA have a test question pool on-line that becomes the source of the written test for each organization. Let me know if you can […]
Washington Aerospace Club will assist us in our USLI quest
Posted: 4th June 2010 by gbrandt in General, NewsComments Off on Washington Aerospace Club will assist us in our USLI quest
Gary, I believe that the idea is an excellent one and the club would truly enjoy the opportunity to support your group in any way that we can. Tell me about your timetable as it becomes available. For us, the earlier, the better! We’re excited! 🙂 Kent, President, Washington Aerospace Club, NAR Section 578 From: […]