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      https://www.scouting.org/health-and-safety/safety-moments/rocket-safety/   its not activity itself i did the same while in HS its the use of the egg as loosely stated payloads are not allowed plus them building their own launch pad may be not manufacturing approved.  i could not find must else not really a big mater but we know at times the BSA can be picky at times again hats off to their award. i am surprised remember reading more based on suggest searches there may have need more. 
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    • E V Augustine
      Eagle Certificates

      By E V Augustine · Posted

      I suspect the unwarranted delay in updating the Eagle Scout certificates results from the lack of diligence by all parties involved.  Further, I do not believe this results from a change in presidential administration.    These delays have been going on since the third quarter of 2024.  I recently attended the Eagle Court of Honor for a Scout who completed the first semester of his college freshman year before receiving his certificate.  In my own troop a Scout completed his Eagle Board of Review March 10, 2025.  The documents were submitted to the council the next day.  To date he has not even received the letter provided in an earlier post. A further complication is that the Eagle Scout insignia set is a controlled item sold at the Scout Shop only on presentation of the certificate.  This week I went to the Scout Shop to purchase his insignia.  I had the Scoutbook Troop Recognition Report showing his rank date and my own Eagle Scout card from 1970.  My thinking was that if the purchase were denied for lack of proper documentation, I would claim the purchase as my own to replace my insignia that had been lost.  Fortunately, there were no difficulties with the purchase as I was not the first to effect a solution.  The Scout is now planning his Eagle Court of Honor.        
    • InquisitiveScouter
      Troop 74 Rocketeers (NJ) are American Rocketry Challenge National Champs

      By InquisitiveScouter · Posted

      @jcousino would you please cite your source, and provide a link for your claim? G2SS makes no prohibitions on model rocketry. The only model rocket parameters discussed anywhere that I know of are in Space Exploration MB, which says in Requirement 3, " Build, launch, and recover a model rocket.* Make a second launch to accomplish a specific objective. (Rocket must be built to meet the safety code of the National Association of Rocketry. See the "Model Rocketry" chapter of this pamphlet.) Identify and explain the following rocket parts: NOTE: *If local laws prohibit launching model rockets, do the following activity: Make a model of a NASA rocket. Explain the functions of the parts. Give the history of the rocket. Since the National Association of Rocketry was a sponsor of the event, I'd bet the rockets in the challenge had to meet their standards. Ironically, the G2SS DOES PROHIBIT this activity.  See Prohibited Activities, item #22 at https://www.scouting.org/health-and-safety/gss/gss07/#b 22. Intramural, interscholastic, or club sport competitions or activities. IMO, silly that this prohibition is in there, but it is there nonetheless. Nothing wrong with a group of Scouts competing, but BSA somehow says they just cannot compete AS a group of Scouts.  SMH....What has the world come to?  
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