Team America Rocketry Challenge Applications Due by 11/30/11

The Team America Rocketry Challenge (TARC) is open to the first 1,000 teams of 3-10 students currently enrolled in grades 7-12 in US schools which submit a completed application and $105 registration fee by no later than 30 November 2011.  No more than 5 teams from any one school may be entered.   http://rocketcontest.org/pdf/application_2012.pdf  Competitors in TARC, sponsored by the Aerospace Industries Association, " design, build and fly a model rocket that reaches a specific altitude and duration determined by a set of rules developed each year. . . .The top 100 teams, based on local qualification flights, are invited to Washington, DC in May for the national finals. Prizes include $60,000 in cash and scholarships split between the top 10 finishers. NASA invites top teams to participate in their Student Launch Initiative, an advanced rocketry program. AIA member companies, such as Lockheed Martin and Raytheon, have sponsored additional prizes such as scholarship money and a trip to an international air show."   http://www.rocketcontest.org/tarc_background.cfm