1. Longhorn Rocketry Association
General Meeting 1

2. SAC Team (Hybrid engine project)
LRA Structure
LRA
General Member
SAC Team (Hybrid engine project)
Certification Group
General Member: Attend meetings, social events, lectures
Certification Group: Independent rocket project
SAC Team: International Team Competition
Could join both…

3. Certification Team
Learn the basics of rocket design, manufacturing, and launch safety
Create and fly your own 6 ft. tall rocket
Earn certification with a national amateur rocketry organization

5. Certification Team 12 new members will be accepted per semester
Team will be split into 4 build groups, each with 3 builders and 1 lead
Build groups will meet once per week for their build times

6. Certification Team
with certification signup form will go out next Monday at noon!
ACCEPTANCE ON A FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE BASIS, with priority given to freshmen and sophomores
Those that are not accepted this semester will be given priority next semester

7. Spaceport America Cup Team Structure
Program Manager (Nicolas Diaz)
Chief Engineer (Charlie Boyle aka lilB)
Propulsion Lead (Nicolas Diaz ft. Jeanette)
Flight Systems Lead (Matt Janecka ft. Akshay)
Ground Systems Lead (Parth Patel)
Electronic Systems (Butch Bartels)

8. Ground Systems Lead – Parth Patel (ASE, Senior)
Crew will handle tasks with test site infrastructure:
Fluid Systems
Data Acquisition
Areas of Expertise:
All-around experience; reinforcement of classwork knowledge
Practical application of engineering tools; such as SolidWorks, Excel, LabView
Hands-on work with instrument testing and piping assembly.

9. Flight Systems Lead – Matt Janecka (ASE, Senior)
Crew will handle tasks with airframe
design and manufacturing
Body layup
Payload and propulsion integration
Areas of expertise:
Application of aerodynamics and materials analysis
ANSYS simulation of airflow and finite-element analysis of parts
Fiberglass layup and rocket assembly

10. Electronics Lead –Butch Bartels (ASE, Sophomore)
Crew will handle tasks with flight
electronics and avionics
Circuit and PCB design
Payload design and stress analysis
Areas of expertise:
Sensor testing; microcontroller operation; embedded systems
Flight computer programming
Data acquisition, storage, and transmission

11. Propulsion What you can learn: Basics of rocket propulsion
Engine design and data analysis
How to use chemical equilibrium programs (NASA CEA, Propep)
Solidworks/Matlab/Excel

12. Be the apprentice treasurer!
Be part of the club's executive tribunal (which makes all the big decisions)!
Be responsible for the budget (and making sure we don't go over it)!
Take care of the club's purchases (and learn about the equipment our teams use in the process)!
Handle big wads of cash!
Put an important leadership position on your resume!
Do a lot of accounting and spreadsheets

13. Be the apprentice treasurer!
Requirements:
Must be a sophomore or junior (sophomores preferred)
Must have at least one prior semester of team activity (certification or SAC)
Must have at least one semester of SAC team experience by the end of the year (and then you will be treasurer next year)
I will send out an application survey via the mailing list for you to complete if you are interested

14. $$$$$$$ Dues $$$$$$$ New member: $15 All returning members: $10
Joining Certification Group: +$50
Due next week!

15. Shirts! Shirts are $10 each
The link to the order form is on our website (scroll down on the homepage)
If you order a large, there may be a delay in getting your shirt to you

16. Everyone pull out your phone and go to this link:

17. Current Events
feat. Jimmy Coffman

18. SpaceX launches X-37B
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 was launched carrying the Boeing-built X-37B on Sept. 7th
This X-37B mission is the second national security launch for SpaceX
The rocket’s first stage successfully landed at SpaceX’s Landing Zone 1  at Cape Canaveral

19. Delta Plane vs. Irma
Boeing 737 flies through Category 5 hurricane, nbd

20. Virgin Galactic nearing SpaceShipTwo testing
The company’s second suborbital spaceplane is “at the edge” of beginning powered test flights
Previously, in the fourth flight test in October 2014, SpaceShipTwo broke apart in flight, killing the co-pilot and injuring the pilot.