JKT

Objective: Your challenge is to develop a lesson-plan and bill of materials (BOM) to teach students how to build a low-cost HAB capable of reaching near-space. For the purposes of this challenge, we define “near-space” as the Earth’s atmosphere between 20 kilometers and 100 kilometers above sea level. The lesson-plan should include planning, preparation, launch, tracking, and recovery of a HAB.

• What government organizations must people coordinate with to launch a HAB? And what regulations must be followed?
• How does the environment affect a HAB?
• How can someone predict the flight path (including landing area) of a HAB?
• What are the minimum materials needed to launch a HAB?
• In addition to the minimum materials needed, what else can be added to a HAB?
• Where can someone purchase items needed to build and launch a HAB?
• What are the different types of technology/techniques used to track a HAB?
• What cautions must someone take when launching a HAB?
• How does physics determine the size/weight/design of the HAB?