10/4/2025

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10/4/2025

Project Team Updates

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IREC

@Ares Bustinza Nguyen (RIT Student)

 

 

Space Race (Icarus)

@Caden Bickel (RIT Student)

  • Narrowed down payload ideas

    • Likely to be some type of camera system

  • Team is looking to have a reefed parachute

  • Worked on openrocket demo for today’s meeting

  • Get everyone’s emails for drive access and send to Admin

  • Introduce PDR and create subteams

Space Race (The Flock)

@Harvey Ni (RIT Student)

  • Rocket Name and Team Name decided

  • 2nd Weekly meeting time and day decided- Starting this week

  • Payload Idea- Drone

  • And potential missions ideas- Grid Fins

  • Create sub teams

  • Introduce the PDR format to the members

  • Space Race Requirement

  • Have our first mid week meeting

Liquid Propulsion

@Riley Quinn (RIT Student) @Hayden Quinn (RIT Student)

 

  • More machining

  • More cycle testing

  • Were locking in

  • Got hotels for Florida, form submitted (thanks Jonathan!)

  • Figure out who to email on Campus life for COI

Solid Propulsion

@Christian Freitag (RIT Student)@Claire Virnoche (RIT Student)

  • Emailed Larry, we are good to mix/burn at his place

  • Scott approves our plan to mix/burn off campus

  • Also got Scotts clearance to change propellants

  • Got tentative permission to mix 40g motors on campus

  • Get confirmation from EHS about 40g motors

  • Get written confirmation from EHS about off campus activities

  • Finalize burn day (probably Sunday the 26th)

  • Do an on campus mix

  • Take a tour of Larry’s

Avionics (Hardware)

@Mary Dertinger (RIT Student)

 

 

Avionics (Software)

@Richard Sommers (RIT Student)

 

 

HAB Team

@Braxton L. Crandall (RIT Student)

  • Got full approval from EHS (insurance included!) as long as we promise no go water

  • IREC might have a payload for us?

  • Update the SOP to include extra provisions outlined by EHS in approval email

  • Chat with Ares/IREC about payload and if it seems reasonable to send it up on the first balloon

  • Contact EHS about (not) NOTAM stuff

E-Board Updates

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President

@Alexis Smith (RIT Student)

  • Met with Liquids

  • Met with Solids

  • Decided against having another early meeting this week

  • Sent email to KGCOE

  • Invited LAB to airbrakes CDR

    • Uninvited LAB to airbrakes CDR

  • Decided on PTOH people

    • Sent out info to everyone

 

Director of Competition Operations

@Alan Grilley (RIT Student)

Fusion training 10/25?

Machine training schedule coming out today

Midterm feedback schedule today

 

Director of Research and Development

@Jonathan Godfrey (RIT Student)

 

 

Treasurer

@Stephen Zelazny-Medina (RIT Student)

  • Bought things

Restricted Budget Remaining

IREC

$763.67

SR A

$0

SR 1

$0

Avionics

$0.78

HAB

$29.56

Liquids

$333.56

Solids

$50.00

Admin

$0

Submit September Receipts
Talk to admin about spending money
Reimburse people
Get Braxton’s $20 back

Director of Sponsorship

@Donovan Barros (RIT Student)@Christian Freitag (RIT Student)

  • MOOG Sponsorship application in progress

  • Meeting with Segger on Thursday

    • Maybe

  • Heard back from Bracalente, willing to give $500 cash but need a receipt

    • Waiting on RIT :(

  • Submitted HAAS application

    • finally

  • Heard back from Delta

    • No

  • Need to do newsletter

Director of Public Relations

@Clare McMahon (RIT Student) @Catrice Taft (RIT Student)

  • BBQ went well!!

Post BBQ Photos
Post Launch Photos

Secretary

@Caitlin Riley (RIT Student) @Emma Ferraro (RIT Student)

  • the merch interest form is sent out and will be open until 10/11

  • Booked Harvey SR room

  • Talked with Clare and Baja about outside merch vendors

Put L1 Inventory into sheet
Plan old merch sale