High school students given Intel® Core powered Sony VAIO® notebooks to design, build and launch a high-power rocket. The Rocket will be 25 feet tall, weigh over 500 pounds and be capable of reaching the stratosphere. The students are in an accelerated rocketry course by Tom Atchison, Director of the Association of Rocket Mavericks and leading figure in the high power rocket community. The launch day will be in April at Black Rock Desert north of Reno, Nevada. Learn more about the Rocket Project.