GeauxSioux Posted May 11, 2007 Share Posted May 11, 2007 It is stuff like this that makes me wish I was back in college. UND-Led Team Launches North Dakota's First Educational Rocket With a flashing blast worthy of a Hollywood special-effects crew, North Dakota Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiouxMD Posted May 11, 2007 Share Posted May 11, 2007 In my 8th grade science class we built rockets and launched them from the adjacent football field. I bought the biggest rocket that I could...a three stage monster that stood about three feet tall when complete. Alas...when the second stage motor ignited it broke from its supports pushing it and the third stage into the rocket body. The heat of the motor immediately burned the cardboard body in two. The cone section spun wildly and the burned out first stage fell to the earth. It was spectacular! I recovered all sections and repaired the damage. It still sits in my old room at my mothers house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeauxSioux Posted May 11, 2007 Author Share Posted May 11, 2007 In my 8th grade science class we built rockets and launched them from the adjacent football field. I bought the biggest rocket that I could...a three stage monster that stood about three feet tall when complete. Alas...when the second stage motor ignited it broke from its supports pushing it and the third stage into the rocket body. The heat of the motor immediately burned the cardboard body in two. The cone section spun wildly and the burned out first stage fell to the earth. It was spectacular! I recovered all sections and repaired the damage. It still sits in my old room at my mothers house. Brings me back to when I was a kid building rockets that we used to buy at Benner's, downtown GF. We would build them and go over by RRHS and launch them, somehow attaching to the car battery. We launched one multi-stage, but I can't remember what happened, though. Benner's was my favorite store when I was a kid. They had everything hobby-wise a kid would want. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PartTime Posted May 11, 2007 Share Posted May 11, 2007 Brings me back to when I was a kid building rockets that we used to buy at Benner's, downtown GF. We would build them and go over by RRHS and launch them, somehow attaching to the car battery. We launched one multi-stage, but I can't remember what happened, though. Benner's was my favorite store when I was a kid. They had everything hobby-wise a kid would want. Benner's..............your mentioning that place just brought back memories, spend many a dollar in that store, mainly in the HO racing cars and raced them/tried them out on Benner's track they had at the store. That store was enjoyed by many a Grand Forks youth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeauxSioux Posted January 29, 2008 Author Share Posted January 29, 2008 NASA names teams for student launch initiative NASA has tapped 11 college and university teams in eight states to Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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