Podcasts Health FutureTech Podcast Undergraduate Students Reaching for the Stars and Sending Rockets to SpaceLaura Potterat and Michael ONeillUSC Rocket Propulsion Laboratory

Undergraduate Students Reaching for the Stars and Sending Rockets to SpaceLaura Potterat and Michael ONeillUSC Rocket Propulsion Laboratory

Published: Dec. 11, 2019, 7:41 a.m.

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About 15 years ago, the USC Rocket Propulsion Laboratory was established with the aim of sending the first student designed and built rocket to space. This means sending a rocket beyond what\\u2019s internationally recognized as the\\xa0K\\u03acrm\\u03acn line: the line where Earth\\u2019s atmosphere meets outer space, about 100 km or 330,000 feet from the surface of Earth. It wasn\\u2019t until last year that this was achieved by the team at the USC Rocket Propulsion Lab, and on today\\u2019s podcast, media lead Michael O\\u2019Neill and avionics lead Laura Potterat share everything they\\u2019ve experienced and learned as a part of the team.\\xa0On today\'s episode, you\'ll learn:

  • How the work being done at USC Rocket Propulsion Lab could lead to a cheaper and simpler way of obtaining atmospheric data
  • How\\xa0space rockets\\xa0are designed and function
  • The challenge and importance of mitigating a high thrust profile at low altitudes, and increasing thrust profile at high altitudes

Visit\\xa0uscrpl.com\\xa0to learn more.

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