Boy Scout Space Exploration Merit Badge Requirements can be viewed at USScouts.org.
Before the Camp
All Space Exploration Merit Badge requirements will NOT be covered during the camp.
Boy Scouts should complete their Space Exploration Merit Badge workbook prior to attending camp, except for item 3. Our Merit Badge Counselors will NOT sign scout’s blue cards if the workbook is not complete. We will NOT have time during the camp for scouts to work on items other than item 3.
Safety Guidelines
National Association of Rocketry Safety Code: http://www.nar.org/NARmrsc.html
Research Resources
1a. Historical Reasons for Space Exploration
- A Pictorial History of Rockets, NASA’s Guide to Rockets, pages 1-11
1b. Immediate Goals
- What Comes Next, NASA’s Guide to Rockets, pages 13-17
1c. Benefits Related to Earth’s Resources, Technology, and New Products
- NASA @ Home and City
http://www.nasa.gov/externalflash/nasacity/index2.htm
2. Space Pioneers
- Historic Figures in Space Exploration
http://meritbadge.org/wiki/index.php/Historic_figures_in_space_exploration - A Pictorial History of Rockets, NASA’s Guide to Rockets, pages 1-11
3. Build, Launch, and Recover Model Rockets (done at Space Exploration Merit Badge Camp)
4a. Law and Action/Reaction
- Newton’s Third Law:
http://microgravity.grc.nasa.gov/education/rocket/newton3r.html - How Rockets Work, NASA’s Guide to Rockets, pages 19-23
4b. How Rocket Engines Work
- Newton’s Third Law:
http://microgravity.grc.nasa.gov/education/rocket/newton3r.html - Applying Newton’s Laws, NASA’s Guide to Rockets, pages 24-29
4c. How Satellites Stay in Orbit
4d. How Satellite Pictures are Made and Transmitted
- Bringing Images from Space to Earth (several pages)
http://deepspace.jpl.nasa.gov/dsn/tutor/index.html
5a. Early Space Exploration Missions
- NASA Missions
http://www.nasa.gov/missions/past/index.html
5b. Current Space Exploration Missions
- NASA Missions
http://www.nasa.gov/missions/current/index.html
6. About the Space Shuttle
- purpose: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/main/index.html
- operation: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/launch/index.html
- components: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/vehicle/index.html
7. Inhabited Base
- Living and Working in Space: Habitat
http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/son/habitat/
(see content modules in right margin for information about sources of energy, construction, and life-support) - more about habitat demonstrations:
http://www.nasa.gov/exploration/analogs/hdu_project.html
8. Careers