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SDL Payload Challenge Website: https://www.soundingrocket.org/sdl-payload-challenge.html
Research
10/6/24
Ideas:
Kareena:
- We can take an EAPS route
Yeast production:
- Will ask my advisor for more deets
- Can show the impacts of radiation
Airborne particles/sample the atmosphere (idea from the summer)
- Problem: More experimental/scientific, understand airborne particles/microorganisms at high altitudes
- Projects: measure and study airborne particles during ascent/descent to understand what/how many exist at different points of trajectory (sensor?)
- More of a climate approach, we could tie it into pollution or something along those lines
- https://www.apogeerockets.com/Peak-of-Flight/Newsletter526
Quadcopter deployment
- Have the rocket house a small uav and have it deploy at some point during the rocket’s flight
Santiago:
How does height affect background radiation and UV?
- Ozone concentration vs. height, possibly combine with above to see how ozone concentration can affect UV
- Effects on materials?
Food storage
- Particularly, wet and solid foods. Are they significantly affected in quality/shape/texture/etc.
Measuring relativistic effects on time via rocket acceleration
Test the usage and efficiency of IV drips and pumps
- Medical uses
Tiffany:
- Astronauts experience losses in bone density during their time in space as a result of microgravity. Does anything happen during takeoff?
- How increased g forces impacts crystal growth
Sydney’s Group:
09/22/24:
Cold Brew:
- Normally brewed overnight
- Regular cold brew is normally steeped for 10-12 hours
- Can be brewed faster under higher pressure
- Use a french press/aeropress method to compress the grounds
- Pressure of compression will be tested
- Will be brewed during launch and using room temperature water
- Will have a control group that will be brewed using regular cold brew methods on the ground
- Grounds
- Coarse
- Will be bought pre-grounded (from whatever company sponsors us)
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