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Bloodhound Project Rockets Interest in STEM Fields


August 6, 2010
 
The Bloodhound Supersonic Car (SSC) project, the British effort to build a car that can go more than 1000 mph, has drawn the attention of 1.5 million students in the United Kingdom and elsewhere.

Close to 3,500 schools have signed up with the Bloodhound Education Program; instructors receive learning materials, videos, and articles. Moreover, a 12.9 meter "show car" was unveiled at this year's Farnborough Air Show.

The program unveiled a 12.9 meter “show car” at the 2010 Farnborough Air Show. said,

"The Farnborough International Airshow provides us with an amazing opportunity to show young people, their teachers and the world's leading aerospace companies how the Bloodhound engineering adventure has started to influence so many pupils in a very short period of time,” said Dave Rowley, the program's education development director. “The uniqueness of being able to share such leading edge technology with pupils from five years of age, when they are at their most receptive, is starting to have a positive effect on them considering STEM-related career options."

Bloodhound will feature the largest hybrid rocket ever designed in the United Kingdom. Weighing 400 kg, it is 45 cm in diameter and, at 425 cm in length (the same length as a Formula One car). The rocket is designed to produce 122 kN (27,500 lbs) of thrust. The car's cockpit has been designed by driver Wing Commander Andy Green, based on his experience in the Royal Air Force.

The car will undergo UK runway trials in early 2012, followed by high-speed trials in South Africa later that year.

For more, see the Math in the News item "Supermathematics Is Behind the Superspeed of Bloodhound" (September 24, 2009)

Source: Teachers.tv (July 29, 2010)


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