This is mega levels of dope. Small UI/UX suggestion on your report... Take all of your table borders, and change the color from black to a light gray. The borders add value (communicate the organization of the data). But that data isn't as important as the text/numbers inside the table. "Visual weight should match information relevance"

From the UK too. Seeing those docs gave me a total whiplash! I remember the amount of paperwork we had to do for these kind of projects. Funny how nothing has changed.

Interested in your choice of PLA for material.

I only read the first document so apologies if this is covered elsewhere.

But PLA tends to burn/melt/disintegrate in direct sunlight, I imagine its worse outside the atmosphere (Might not be an easily repeatable experiment in the UK however)

Just 1 more thing, the document itself is pretty good for high school. I dont remember touching Gantts and CAD until University so that experience in itself is probably going to be very useful when you hit major projects in your further studies. The failure here is going to help you succeed later. I was in a similar position in high school, I wanted to participate in the solar car challenge, however I couldn't motivate any other students to try or the school to invest in it. Everyone was more afraid of failing and "wasting time" when they should have seen exactly how educational even a failure would be.

It is great to see High School projects on HN. Congratulations & wish your team all the best!!

Congratulations on your launch! Super interesting to see all of the technical documentation behind it.

Have you tried entering UKROC? It is great fun and there is very little paperwork required! It is all about designing and building your own rocket. It is for teams of 11-18 year olds in the UK. Mostly schools, but also cadets, scouts and youth clubs.

https://www.ukroc.com/

Regionals are happening around the UK right now. There are equivalent competitions in the USA, France and Japan. The best teams get to compete at the Farnborough or Paris Airshow, which is an incredible experience.

Great project!!

Interesting that the largest section of the report is the last one called "Social Media outreach" to justify their choices.

How were you able to tap into the expertise to get to this point? Rocketry isn't something you can just "pick up"! I'm very impressed.

How much would it cost right now to buy 10% of your future earnings? (Half-kidding.) Kids these days are kind awesome and don't listen to anyone who says otherwise.

Tangential comment - this might be just me, but the chromatic aberration on the logo is so unpleasant that it really distracts from the content. That's all I see on every page, a bizarre experience really. I'd consider toning it down next time. As they say "the presentation matters" and all that.