$15 is the approximate cost of a Solar Balloon and its accompanying payload. Solar Balloons are made of a thin plastic film coated in charcoal power and use solar radiation to heat the air inside and achieve lift. These Balloons are launched by Oklahoma State students in collaboration with the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, demonstrating the capability of the Solar Balloon concept for use in future missions to Venus.
A donation of $25 covers the cost of an average roll of PLA or PETG filament for a 3D printer. 3D printing allows for the Space Cowboys' teams to rapidly prototype and iterate on new designs for research or competitions.
$50 is around the average cost of an H impulse solid rocket motor, which is what Cowboy Rocketworks uses on launches to certify its new members.
With $150 Cowboy Rocketworks, is able to cover the cost for all the materials for a Level 1 High Power rocket. This milestone signifies the start of many rocketeers personal journey into the field, and Rocketworks helps subsidize the cost of these rockets in order to lower the barrier of entry to rocketry.
$300 is the average cost of a rocket flight computer used by Cowboy Rocketworks. Their competition rockets can have upwards of four flight computers on-board for safety and redundancy!
$5000 is the cost of an Aluminum 3U CubeSat frame (Measuring 10cm x 10 cm x 30cm). The Oklahoma CubeSat Initiative is developing a 3U sized CubeSat as part of their NASA CubeSat Student Launch Initiative proposal.
$10,000 is the cost of the O6000, a 150mm rocket motor weighing 70 lbs. The O6000 is the most powerful rocket motor currently available for civilian purchase. Cowboy Rocketworks is looking to fly an O6000 as part of their SpaceShot test campaign.