Ukrainian Team Powered by Max Polyakov Rocked at TARC

On the May 13, Noosphere Engineering School students took part in The
Team America Rocketry Challenge (TARC) at Great Meadow in The Plains,
VA. TARC is the world's largest annual rocket contest. It is a key
piece of the aerospace and defense industry’s strategy to build a
stronger U.S. workforce in science, technology, engineering, and
mathematics (STEM). This year, 812 teams took part in the competition
which included over 5,000 participants.
For the first time, a Ukrainian team was able to visit a rocketry
competition in the USA. Noosphere, and its founder Max Polyakov, made
the young enthusiasts’ dream come true. Our friends from the USA took
place in the 2016 FAI World Championships for Space Models in Ukraine. They invited us
this year as honored guests to share the spirit of American amateur
rocketry.
Only US citizens are officially able to take part in the competition,
but our team was granted special permission to launch their rockets
alongside US participants, even though they were not eligible to compete
for the prize fund.
The contest requires students to design, build and fly a rocket that can
safely carry a raw egg payload to a specific altitude and come back to
earth within a certain amount of time. The contest rules and scoring
parameters change every year spur ingenuity and encourage a fresh
approach to rocket design. The Ukrainian team scored the best result in
the balsa glider competitions. This required teams to build a glider out
of balsa and a few provided components in 20-30 minutes. The winning
plane was the one that flew the farthest. Our team blew away the
competition by sailing a record 55 feet or 16.76 m. Congratulations!
Along with taking part in the competition, the main goal was to gain
experience and make new connections. We took advantage of the
opportunity to adopt their best practices. Noosphere Engineering School,
founded by Max Polyakov, hopes to arrange a competition like TARC in
Ukraine in near future. We also hope to earn the right to represent
Ukraine in the International Rocketry Challenge. We believe that these
ambitious goals will soon be achieved.
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