This "Rocket Girl & Boy Training Course" forms a team with friends from various high schools, and the importance of managing advanced and complicated projects such as design, production, and launch as well as production technology and issues that occur one after another. It is held for the purpose of experiencing the joy of manufacturing while learning about teamwork that is achieved by thinking and devising as a team.

　High school students make a "hybrid rocket" with a total length of about 2 m, a weight of about 10 kg, and a flight altitude of about 350 m.A hybrid rocket is a rocket that does not use gunpowder and uses a combination of liquid or gas oxidizer and solid fuel as a propellant. It is relatively safe and can obtain a large thrust, so it is a rocket for universities and the like. It is often used in experiments.The launch of a hybrid rocket reaches an altitude of several hundred meters, and although it is powerful and dangerous, it is also an opportunity for high school students to learn about safety awareness.

　講座の今後のスケジュールは、2015年12月25日～27日に、千葉工業大学の御宿研修センターで製作合宿、2016年1月9日～11日に御宿研修センターで燃焼実験および製作合宿、2016年2月14日に、津田沼キャンパスでミーティングと報告会、そして、2016年3月19日～21日に、伊豆大島実験フィールドで高校生たちが製作したハイブリッドロケットを打ち上げる予定です。

Source: [Chiba Institute of Technology] Recruitment of 2015 Rocket Girls & Boy Training Course Students (High School Students)