<p>Currently, we are designing a 10,000-foot target altitude solid-motor rocket (with all original subsystems) that will represent UPenn at the Spaceport America Cup 2023 next academic year. We are also working on a hybrid rocket engine and the testing infrastructure necessary to develop it. Our team is highly interdisciplinary, and we value committment and perserverance over experience. In fact, none of our original members had any experience with rockets, and within a few months we built four rockets, secured our first sposor, and have made significant progress on the two aforementioned projects. Our team culture emphasizes having fun, fearlessly exploring new ideas, embracing failure, and working hard (there is no substitute for hard work). We have robust rocket engineering teams – including avionics (EE and CS), structures (MEAM), propulsion (various), simulations (MATH and CS), recovery (various), and mechanical systems (MEAM) – , but also very talented media, finance, and launch engineering teams. Joining Penn Rocketry is a great way to gain job-relevant experience, and take part in one of the coolest and most important things for our world: space exploration. [Penn Rocketry is <span style="color: rgb(34,34,34); background-color: rgb(255,255,255); font-size: 15.600000381469727; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">a student group, open to undergraduates and graduate students, at the University of Pennsylvania.]</span></p>

Scott Shrager

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Rishabh Mohanka

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Stela Rosa Marra

Kevin Sang

Aukkarwit Nakprasert

Ilia Kheirkhah

Liam Gerrity

Cecilia Shuler

Ali Al Ayssami

Dina Zhanybekova

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