Rocket Boys

for most of the space age. Any rocket can be broken down into two main components, the payload and the lifter. The payload, the segment destined for orbit such as a satellite or a pod of astronauts and the lifter, tasked with lifting the payload into orbit. Segments of the lifter are ejected as fuel depletes and are destroyed upon impact with the surface below. The destruction of the engines and fuel tanks that occur as a result requires an entirely new rocket to be built for the next launch.…

attacks. They also help out in doing reconnaissance and establishing blockades against other nations (Chow). Other offensive technologies, such as the RPG (rocket propelled grenade), are often used in combatant settings. They are incredibly effective in allowing a single person to take down helicopters, tanks, and buildings (Technology of War). Rocket and bomb technology have also advanced to create tomahawks and smart bombs. Tomahawks are equipped with a GPS and can travel at speeds of 550 mph…

materials and make all the parts for their rockets and landing pads in the United States. With currently $5 Billion in contracts, they have nearly 50 plus launches in their flight manifest. Their founder was a former Papal entrepreneur…

The definition of pioneer is the following: one who is first or among the earliest in any field of inquiry, enterprise,or progress. The word “pioneer” and film director James Cameron, who is otherwise known as “the scariest man in Hollywood” (Hedegaard 1), go hand-in-hand. Born in Ontario, Canada on August 16, 1954, Cameron was birthed into a family with father Philip, mother Shirley, brothers Mike and John David, and sisters Valerie and Terri. Being the oldest, he naturally took on the…

Rockets are a very important aspect to the world, for they help in making huge discoveries in science and astronomy. Expensive materials, such as aluminum, titanium, and nickel alloy, help make a sturdy rocket. For the bottle rocket, my partner, Maren Cheney, and I used the following materials: 2 plastic 2-liter bottles, office folder paper, clear duct tape, yarn, 2 sponges, and cotton. The payload of the rocket is the object(s) being carried throughout the flight. While the payload of real…

Von Braun was an Engineer and a rocket expert who was born on 23rd March in Wirsitz, Germany. He received telescope by his mother at a young age, which developed the passion of astronomy in him. In 1925 Von lived with his family in Berlin, during the time Von was living in Berlin he began reading ‘ The Rocket into Interplanetary Space’ which motivated Von to study maths and science. The passion for science made him the top student at school. In the late 1920s Von enrolled at the Berlin…

Building bottle rockets can be a fun and learning experience, as many students at UCAS found out. There were many things to test, and many interesting aspects of the rocket. Three main features of the “Mission to Mars” are how to construct the rocket, rocket performance, and physics of the rocket. When these items are viewed, it is evident that students can see the effects of physics in real life problems. And by doing so become more intelligent as teenagers want to learn more, and have fun…

We built our rockets with little trouble. I didn’t finish, but because Joshua and Zack both did, we had no problems. We tested both rockets at varying angles and fuel levels to determine what angle and amount of water would allow the rockets to go the farthest. For some reason, we didn’t have all the data necessary to determine what the optimal fuel level and angle of launch would be for Zack’s rocket, but we did have enough to determine what it is for Joshua’s rocket. His rocket had an issue…

When SpaceX was founded in 2002, there had never been any private entities that launched and re-entered a spacecraft. SpaceX came from the bottom of success when they began since it was a brand new company and space travel was extremely expensive making space travel harder to achieve. Finally though, SpaceX launched their first spacecraft called, “Dragon.” During this flight they not only successfully launched their spacecraft they, “became the first privately developed spacecraft to visit the…

The liquid fuel rocket was first created by Robert Goddard in 1926 in Auburn, Massachusetts. The idea for this invention cam from Robert Goddard being home schooled, and since he got a lot of free time he put that into exploring, experimenting, and wanting to explore space. To make the liquid fuel rocket first Goddard had to apply the scientific principle of the requirement of oxygen in space to create an explosion, making the need for more storage space for oxygen. Needing refrigeration to cool…