Cougar
Rocketry
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Yough Cougar Rocketry |
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The mission of the Yough Cougar
Rocketry Team for the 2008 NASA Student Launch Initiative is to carry a scientific payload to an above ground level altitude of 5280 feet aboard a
custom launch vehicle and safely return to the ground without damage.
Project Name: Project Dorothy Yough Cougar Rocketry Team |
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Navigation System 2008 SLI Meet the Team Videos of launches MSDS sheets for 2007 SLI
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Amy Bickerstaff, Payload
Specialist, Team Lead, and Schedule Manager
Graduating class of 2008 Academic classes: Algebra I and II, Geometry, Earth science, Biology with lab, Anatomy and Physiology, Botany, Chemistry with lab, Environmental Science, English 9-12, History 9-11 and Problems of Democracy Interest and Hobbies: Animal sciences, Rocketry, going to Flea market with my friends and parents. Having fun with my dog (Molly) and my rabbit (Houdenus) Current Employment: Bill's Dandy Dollar "I am a senior at Yough High School. I have been in the Yough school system all of my life and have been involved with the rocketry team for three years. I came up with the idea of the payload for the 2007 SLI project and once again will be in charge of the payload design for the 2008 newly improved payload. I will also be working on the general design of the rocket since the payload is a vital part. Another duty I have is to set up the meeting times and announce the deadlines as they approach to make sure we are staying on task. After watching Dorothy crash at the 2007 SLI, I was very distraught. I hope to return this year in order to see a new version of Dorothy fly elegantly into the sky without a violent death. My ambitions after high school are to attend a university, which offers a Zoology program in the hope of becoming a Zookeeper at a city zoo or work with wildlife such as the gray wolves or mountain lions. I am also looking into the possibility of going to school at the Pittsburgh Institute of Aeronautics (PIA) to obtain a degree to repair airplanes and helicopters." |
