1. Yes, but we also made sure that our payload was properly protected. Basically, it was a paint can with foam inside and the payload stuffed into the foam. It

1. Yes, but we also made sure that our payload was properly protected. Basically, it was a paint can with foam inside and the payload stuffed into the foam. It definitely didn't slow it down TOO much and without proper protection, the payload would have likely been destroyed. Also, the foam was necessary for thermal reasons too, the electronics needed to stay warm enough to operate when ambient temperature is -100F. 2. We didn't purchase any specifically, but given we were an official campus organization, we would have likely gone through them had something like that happened. Given the rural area we were launching from, and where we knew it would travel, the likelihood of this happening is close enough to 0 that we didn't have to worry.