Monday, June 15, 2009

What is the Impulse Thrust of Your Rocket?

Shuttle Camp was a big success! Aubrey was a Voyager this year. She did wonderful things, including building a simple telescope, learning about rocket fuels, building a rocket, making a lava lamp. Below she is pictured with her Nano Rover~
Here is her presentation of the planets~
This is the Launching Day ~ She had a B6-4 Engine~Here is Kali's Mean Machine Rocket. Taller then she is, with an E-class engine;

It was so exciting to watch the launches on these rockets! They went amazingly high!
Kali was a Navigator and experienced several talks from Alan Hale (see his bio here) who, among many other great things, discovered the comet Hale-Bopp.
Yeah for Science! Rah Rah! P.S. They can't wait till next year's Shuttle Camp~

6 Comments:

Dan and Betty

That sounds like great fun. Am I too old? Probably.

Dan

Anonymous

Kari- Every one knows what the specific thrust is of a rocket. It is a measurement of the efficiency of a rocket motor. It is expressed in inpulse per unit of propellant. In the case of the b-6-4
Total Impulse: Lb.-sec., 1.12; N-sec., 5.00
Time Delay (±15%): 4 sec.
Max Lift Weight: 113.2g
Max Thrust Lb./N: 3.00/13.3

Perhaps you should go to space camp next year???

From one rocket nerd.

Anonymous

Kali and Aubrey-

Ask mom and dad for some $$$ and next time I am in Albuquerque we will go shoot some big rockets! Look up the Albuquerque Rocket Society as they have a great club that has some really great opportunities to learn!

We miss you all!

Bill C

The Wades

Yes, anonymous--I also knew the thrust of said rocket. Easy cheesy! Piece of cake. ;)

Glad they had fun. What a neat opportunity.

Regina

that looks like a blast. ha ha, get it. . . blast
r

Crissy-Charlie

is that a thank God for Grandmothers insisting :)