Task · part of 5. A fantasy spacecraft: a second model
5(b). Design the individual components
Required Often forgotten
The cockpit, living areas, engines and storage are the ones named. NOTE THE VERB: the printed book asked here for the parts to be arranged and assembled, and the current page asks for them to be designed.
Notes and warnings
Note. THE VERB HERE CHANGED, AND IT IS THE HEART OF THE AMBIGUITY IN REQUIREMENT 5. The 2025 printed book asks at this point for the parts to be arranged and assembled. The current page asks for the individual components to be designed: the cockpit, living areas, engines and storage. That is the only lettered step in requirement 5 that ever called for physical assembly, and it no longer does. Whether the spacecraft must still be built is the question to put to your counselor before you start.
Where this step comes from
- Model Design and Building Merit Badge Requirements (Merit Badge Hub, last modified 2025-12-31), Requirement 5(b) · The 2025 Boy Scout Requirements book (33216) asks at this point for the parts to be arranged and assembled; the current page asks for individual components to be designed.