H.A.C. -Space Exploration Traditional Geocache
H.A.C. -Space Exploration
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The cache is a decon container about 3 feet off the ground. Put it
off the ground so it's findable in the snow. Follow the trail till
you get to the closest spot to the cache and you should be able to
find an animal trail leading you back to the caches location. THe
main trail is a wide mowed trail.
Space is mysterious. We explore space for many reasons, not least
because we don't know what is out there, it is vast, and humans are
full of curiosity. Each time we send explorers into space, we learn
something we didn't know before. We discover a little more of what
is there. Requirements:
1. Tell the purpose of space exploration and include the
following:
1. Historical reasons
2. Immediate goals in terms of specific knowledge
3. Benefits related to Earth resources, technology, and new
products
2. Design a collector's card, with a picture on the front and
information on the back, about your favorite space pioneer. Share
your card and discuss four other space pioneers with your
counselor.
3. Build, launch, and recover a model rocket.* Make a second launch
to accomplish a specific objective. (Rocket must be built to meet
the safety code of the National Association of Rocketry. See the
"Model Rocketry" chapter of the Space Exploration merit badge
pamphelt.) Identify and explain the following rocket parts.
1. Body tube
2. Engine mount
3. Fins
4. Igniter
5. Launch lug
6. Nose cone
7. Payload
8. Recovery system
9. Rocket engine
4. Discuss and demonstrate each of the following:
1. The law of action-reaction
2. How rocket engines work
3. How satellites stay in orbit
4. How satellite pictures of Earth and pictures of other planets
are made and transmitted.
5. Do TWO of the following:
1. Discuss with your counselor an unmanned space exploration
mission and an early manned mission. Tell about each mission's
major discoveries, its importance, and what we learned from it
about the planets, moons, or regions of space explored.
2. Using magazine photographs, news clippings, and electronic
articles (such as from the Internet), make a scrapbook about a
current planetary mission.
3. Design an unmanned mission to another planet or moon that will
return samples of its surface to Earth. Name the planet or moon
your spacecraft will visit. Show how your design will cope with the
conditions of the planet's or moon's environment.
6. Describe the purpose, operation, and components of ONE of the
following:
1. Space shuttle
2. International Space Station
7. Design an inhabited base located on the Moon or Mars. Make
drawings or a model of your base. In your design, consider and plan
for the following:
1. Source of energy
2. How it will be constructed
3. Life-support system
4. Purpose and function
8. Discuss with your counselor two possible careers in space
exploration that interest you. Find out the qualifications,
education, and preparation required and discuss the major
responsibilities of those positions.
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