Undergraduate students attending a Tribal College or University (TCU), a Native American-Serving Nontribal Institution (NASNTI), and/or who are members of an active AISES (American Indian Science and Engineering Society) collegiate chapter.
Themes
Moon Challenge: GPS data logger Mars Engineering Challenge: Cold gas thruster system NOTE: Both themes must be incorporated into a single patch design
Moon Challenge Teams shall design and construct a dual deploy high-power rocket with a GPS data logger onboard. The flight shall be stable and reach an apogee of 3,000ft AGL. Teams shall reconstruct a 3D trajectory of the rocket flight from the data collected from liftoff until landing and plot it against a satellite imagery map. The trajectory plot will verify a stable ascent.
Mars Engineering Challenge Teams shall design and construct a dual deploy high-power rocket with a cold gas thruster system that controls the rocket’s Z-axis angular velocity (roll rate) during the coast phase of its ascent. At motor burnout, the thrusters shall increase the rocket’s roll rate from 0 revolutions per minute (rpm) to 120 rpm, maintain 120-240 rpm for 3 seconds, then decrease to 0 rpm before apogee. A gyroscope sensor and an external camera is required to verify the roll rate was achieved. An altitude range of 2,000 - 4,000 ft AGL is allowed.
2021 Winning patch design (right) created by Alex Armendariz from Cal Poly Pomona.
Medium
The design should be submitted in a digital format. Hand-drawn designs may be converted to digital images if selected. Suggested tools for creating your design include but are not limited to:
Adobe Illustrator
Photoshop
InDesign
Microsoft Word
Shape
Designs can be square or circular, no larger than a 4” diameter. A border must be a part of the final image.
The design entry must be the entrant’s original design. It may not be copied or traced from another source.
Evaluation Criteria
The following evaluation criteria will be equally weighted.
Design Aesthetics
Communication of Mission Theme
Communication of the Spirit of FNL
Winners
The designer of the winning design will be awarded a $100 cash prize, and their design will be the official 2023 competition patch distributed to all participants.
WSGC and the contest organizers
Reserve the right not to use any entries submitted for the patch contest.
Will honor the original artwork composition as much as possible. Changes made to the design will only be made when necessary to create the final patch design.
Reserve the right to exclusively authorize the reproduction of the winning design.
Reserve the right to utilize the patch imagery in future NASA, WSGC, and First Nations Launch marketing.
Cannot confirm individual designs have been received.
Have the right to use the winning applicant’s name and image without compensation.
