AY 2022

Successes

• Beekeepers successfully stuck to a set timeline 

• Rocket was ready on time

• No all nighters needed

• Did not go over-budget

• No ordering before design was finalized

• All parts came on time and none needed to be ordered late in the build

• Best SR paint job

• Creative payloads

• 4 team members are now leads

Failures

• Poor distribution of responsibilities between leads

• One team was not given the necessary guidance or information and was behind schedule

• Last minute ordering

• Other leads (President, other SR lead) stayed with this team instead of their lead

Mitigations & other ideas

• BOTH leads must be dedicated to RIT Launch Initiative and the role of lead

• Communication between teams should be improved

• Communication between leads should be improved

• Teams should be introduced to the other Launch leads earlier

• Leads should not be presenting slides in the team’s PDR/CDR