Sunday, August 21, 2005
Laurel's Rocket
Laurel took an "Astronauts" class at the Minnesota Children's Museum, with her cousin Ella. Inspired by the class, Laurel built and flew her first rocket this weekend. OK, mostly I built it, but she was very excited. Laurel was ready to do the two most important things:
Here's the rocket - click for a closeup.
We also took a movie of the third launch, which was underpowered (I intentionally used a small engine - I believe a 1/4A3-2T). Laurel was too scared that the rocket would be loud, so she didn't want to push the button. Her friend Molly Scott did the honors.
As an aside, a couple of the flights were with some ancient Centauri 1/2A3-2Ts - probably manufactured in the 1980s. They flew fine. ¶ 8:50 AM
- Paint it (or in this case, put Hello Kitty stickers on it)
- Launch it!
Here's the rocket - click for a closeup.
We also took a movie of the third launch, which was underpowered (I intentionally used a small engine - I believe a 1/4A3-2T). Laurel was too scared that the rocket would be loud, so she didn't want to push the button. Her friend Molly Scott did the honors.
As an aside, a couple of the flights were with some ancient Centauri 1/2A3-2Ts - probably manufactured in the 1980s. They flew fine. ¶ 8:50 AM
