1. User notes: –Please use this template to create your Proposal Analysis Review –You may reformat this to fit your design, but make sure you cover the information requested in this template. –You can use multiple slides for each component to answer the questions adequately –It is from this proposal the Technical Advisory Board will select experiments to fly Proposal Analysis Review Student Launch Project

2. Experiment Name School Name Teacher Name Student Names

3. Mission Overview What is your mission objective? What do you expect to prove, discover, or learn from your experiment? What is your hypothesis Brief overview of underlying science/theory What other related research/experimentation has been done in the past?

4. Experiment Description Describe your experiment – What will it do What is the purpose of your experiment What kind of data will you collect How will you collect data

5. Experiment Layout Draw the dimensions of your experiment and how it will fit onto the experiment plate. This plate is 9.5” in diameter, with four mounting holes. These mounting holes need to be avoided because they are used for mounting the plate in the rocket. Mounting holes may not be moved. Be as detailed as possible with your layout. Provide a clear picture of how your experiment will fit onto the plate.

6. Test Plans What testing do you plan to perform on your payload pre-flight? What is required to complete testing? Potential points of failure and effects of the failure. How will you recover from the failure?

7. Parts List Complete list of all items you will need to buy for your experiment – make as complete a list as possible Lead times (This can make or break a project) Cost (Don’t forget to consider shipping and tax) If you need batteries you should plan a three sets of batteries (testing, launch, download)

8. Payload Canister Compliance Height in Inches (Experiment must be less than 2.0” in height) –Please be very accurate and pay specific attention to the height restriction. No payload will be accepted if it does not fit into the rocket –Payloads will be mounted on top of each other. Your experiment must fit between the mounted plates. The mounts between plates can not be moved. Weight in Pounds –Your experiment should not exceeds the maximum weight limit or two pounds, but your design will not be excluded solely based on weight.

9. Payload Activation Payload activation – If you need to turn your payload on, we have the ability to turn it your experiment on at the launch site, before launch. Include instructions for payload activation if necessary. Keep in mind someone will have to reach into the rocket and turn it on – they must to able to reach the switch from outside the rocket. To activate all we can do is turn on a switch. We can not see a screen – we can not work through a menu to activate your experiment. Switch down to “On” for activation

10. Conclusions Issues or concerns What else do you need to plan for Closing remarks

11. Experiment Scoring 4 points for innovation 3 points for height and weight requirements 3 points for proposal analysis review 10 points total

12. Submission Proposal Analysis Review (PAR) Save your proposal analysis review (PAR) as follows: Filename: PAR_school name_teacher name Example: PAR_LynnMS_JudyMcShannon Email to: jmcshann@nmsu.edujmcshann@nmsu.edu Date Due: November 1, 2011