Liquid Rocket Lab at Cal Poly Pomona

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Cal Poly Pomona. Liquid Rocket Lab. Fueled by NCRF. Race to Space.
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[sound of rocket launching]
I'm Richard Picard I'm the program manager for a liquid rocket lab here at Cal Poly
Pomona we received a $1.67 million dollar
donation from the National colleges resource foundation. The reason we got
the grant was not just to launch a rocket. It was really to build a liquid rocket
program here at Cal Poly to really get it part of Cal Poly's core education.
As I learn by doing school we really strive for hands-on student
projects and with this program going the way it is we're going to have students
students working on this program 10, 15, 30 years down the road.
Professor Frank Chandler: They wanted a place where
students could come to learn rocketry so that they could get involved in industry
in the aerospace industry doing this as a profession. There's going to be a
lot of student-involved learning, student-involved designing. And they're taking
the concept of getting to space and actually making it a reality,
part of but of the mantra for Cal Poly.
Richard Picard: Since then we've been able to develop
labs get equipment get tools and most importantly get training and hands-on
experience for the students to really learn what making rockets is and all about.
What I do on the project is I mostly oversee all three teams...
the launch vehicle, mobile rocket engine test stand (MRETS), and the engine team.
Will Morris: My name is will Morris and I'm launch vehicle team lead for the liquid rocket
lab. My job primarily involves coordinating a pretty large team of
students. That involves a lot of CAD-ing, a lot of engineering drawings, a lot of
design work overall.
Ethan Sichler: My name is Ethan Sichler, and I am the engine team lead
I'm responsible for essentially the whole design of the liquid rocket engine
that's being built to propel the Bronco 1 launch vehicle.
This includes structural analysis, thermal analysis, pressure drop calculations, the whole system design.
Edwin Betady: My name is Edwin Betady and I am the lead on the mobile rocket
engine test stand team or MRETS. What's involved and going into this test stand
is to find out what an engine is capable of producing in terms of its thrust, how
high it's gonna go, all the numbers and data that that a team would need to
characterize the performance of a rocket engine. The trailer is a pretty critical
component. What the trailer is going to do is going to house its own
propellant system, also going to house its own data acquisition system and also a
full-on assembly to compensate for all the loading that the engines want to
generate so there's sufficient amount of thrust that's going to be
going into the trailer itself from the engine. Ethan: it's a long road that we think we
can do it if we start nailing down these smaller competitions we can eventually
build up to making our system get to space. Richard: We would love for Cal Poly Pomona
to be the first University to go to space. The team is holding up really well.
I couldn't ask for a better team. We struggle a lot just because it's so new
to us and this is the first time Cal Poly's ever attempted produce a project
this ambitious before regarding liquid rockets. Ethan: It's insanely hard but it's
really fun. It's a really rewarding project. I love this. It's quite an
experience. Richard: Building a rocket engine has really been a unique opportunity and
getting this program started was kind of a dream come true.
Cal Poly Pomona. Liquid Rocket Lab. Fueled by NCRF. Race to Space.

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