24th and 25th August 2015: We
introduced the solid fuel category during the recent National Rocketry
Challenge to bring excitement after 13 years of competition using water
rockets. During the first day, the top 19 schools in Malaysia went
through our Advanced Rocketry Workshop and designed and built their
rockets. They were judged for rocket design and teamwork. The folowing
day, the teams were impressive with their launches and were judged for
apogee and parachute deployment. In the end, MRSM Pasir Salak, Perak
emerged as the winner narrowly beating SMK Khir Johari also from Perak
and the rest of he field. We had fun and hope that the students did too.
We would like to thank Planetarium Negara and MOSTI for having us and
we look forward to the solid fuel category being a permanent part of the
national competiton. We would also like to thank our new volunteers and
mentors (Uncle Zul, Jenal, Subly and Nazmi) for contributing towards
the success of the programme. Thank you guys!!! We're wishing everyone a
great "Merdeka Day" ahead. Do enjoy the pictures...
