By: David Clarey
As a University of Minnesota sophomore, Chris Gosch vividly remembers his first official launch on the school’s rocket team — a fiery explosion 80 feet in the air.
Now graduated and in the final stretch in his presidency of the University of Minnesota Rocket Team, Gosch is prepared to compete in Wednesday’s Intercollegiate Rocket Engineering Competition with higher hopes and expectations. The annual competition takes place in Green River, Utah, and is the largest collegiate rocket competition in the world.