Monday, January 18, 2010

"Houston definitely had a Problem :(" >>> Newspaper and Cinder Blocks

My first day of WASH was very interesting. Having to build a rocket holder for a cinder block out of newspaper, glue, and tape was quite a challenge. I began rolling newspapers and securing them together very strongly...at least I thought so. It seemed like is was pretty hefty but then noon was approaching and the rocket was needing to launch. So my friend and I decided to merge our projects together to make a larger and taller launcher. Later, we placed the cinder block slowly on the holder and watched some pieces crushing. After fixing the squished parts, we attempted placing the cinder block on top of the launcher again. Unfortunately, it only flattened out even more than before, and the rocket was unable to launch. But on the bright side, the structure of a good and strong launcher is in my mind for the next rocket launching day, and this time the rocket will definitely fly high.

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