TRA is getting more deeply involved with IREC / Spaceport America Cup. Part of this means they are soliciting flyers with mad skills who are able to help teams and potentially travel to New Mexico for the event. NASA SLI offers a stipend to mentors travelling to Huntsville - $1000. While there was talk of trying to come up with something similar for Spaceport, so far there is nothing available. It is between a team (and their school) and the volunteer mentor to decide who is paying for what. BTW, for those traveling to Las Cruces, it is far cheaper to fly to El Paso, rent a car and drive the rest of the way than it is to fly in Las Cruces. Besides The Spaceport America Cup, there is the Argonia cup and other competitions (or there were before the pandemic and likely will be again).
| Elaine RussellPosted:21 Dec 2020 03:19 AM | Subject: Mentors for High Power Student Teams The Tripoli Outreach Committee is looking for mentors for college, university, and high school student competition teams. The primary responsibility would be to ensure that students have the basic understanding of high-power rocket construction with emphasis on a safe flight and recovery. We would prefer that mentors be TRA L3 and will consider very experienced TRA L2 flyers for this. Please reach out to flyers that you feel would be interested and have the skills for this opportunity and ask them if they would mind if a member of the Outreach Committee contacted them to discuss further. Warm regards in the holiday season! Elaine Russell Outreach Committee Chair TRA 4679 L3, TAP |
Thanks,Dan WellingTRA 10016, L3, TAP