UMD’s Space at Smith Club shows the business behind space exploration

The University of Maryland’s Space at Smith Club hosted a rocket building event Tuesday in the business school, challenging small groups of students to design and build a model rocket for the chance to win prizes. During Tuesday’s event, students constructed their rockets using materials such as water bottles, cardboard and paper. They then pitched their finished product to four student judges from the club’s executive board. Inspired by the broader Space at Smith initiative housed in this university’s business school, SAS is a student-led organization created last fall. The club works to engage students with the aerospace and defense industry by familiarizing them with the field, helping them find jobs or internships, or networking. When the event started, senior aerospace engineering major Jack Tallent brainstormed different ideas with his group for their rocket. “It’s a very uniting field,” Tallent said. “It’s very challenging, very rewarding, very stressful.

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