Stardate: 2013.144
Rockets
and Space Shuttles and things like that have always interested me. To get more
involved with these things, I took Physics. Recently, we started learning all
about Space Exploration and Dark Matter and other really interesting things
like Quarks and Neutrinos. We also started to build our rockets, which are set
to be launched sometime soon.
A model rocket kit comes with a body, a nose
cone, fins, an engine tube, a shock cord, a parachute, and a few other things.
They’re relatively simple to assemble, though some parts can be confusing. All
you really need to do to assemble the rocket is follow the directions and add
glue where you’re supposed to, so it’s really not hard for anyone to do, but
supervision is recommended.
Stardate: 2013.154
We also had to
design a “Mission Patch” and name our rocket, like the NASA astronauts used to
do. My group named our rocket the “Vortex 17”, and our mission patch has the
Gallifreyan symbol for Vortex and the number 17 on it. Gallifreyan is a
language from the hit British TV Show, Doctor Who.
The
launching process will be somewhat orderly. Groups will pick a number out of a
hat and that is the order in which the rockets will be launched. Launch will
take place on the soccer or football field. After launch, when the rockets
reach a certain height, the parachute will deploy and the rocket will land
somewhere close to where we are, hopefully. Many times the rockets have not
been recovered due to them being lost in the woods or somewhere else where the
students cannot reach them.
Stardate: 2013.168
Well it turns out
we didn’t launch them. There’s less than two days of school left so it looks
like our rockets won’t be making it to the Final Frontier after all. It’s kind
of disappointing; the whole class was really looking forward to it. It looks
like we’ll have to wait to boldly go where no man has gone before.
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