Archive for March, 2010

3/18/10 Launch

Posted: 21st March 2010 by gbrandt in Water Bottle Rockets
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We had a short launch today to test three new rockets and Gary’s parachute changes. Tad’s unique Mace had a fuel tank leak and didn’t get very high. Michael’s wouldn’t hold pressure at all while Mariya’s parachute timer broke loose and the parachute didn’t deploy. Her rocket flew nice and straight though. Gary’s parachute rocket […]

Head Start Launch 3/10/10

Posted: 16th March 2010 by gbrandt in Water Bottle Rockets
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(temprary video of Head Start Launch) Another week gone by and another week filled with adventure! First off was the very complimentary picture šŸ™‚ and article about the Space Center in this month’sĀ  Squol Quol. Then the most fun of all! We had a rocket launch with Teacher Sue’s Lummi Head Start Class on Thursday.Ā  […]

3/4/10 Launch and Other News

Posted: 7th March 2010 by gbrandt in Water Bottle Rockets
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We are still in first place for the First Nations Launch after submitting the Critical Design Report on February 26. And we’ve been receiving sponsorship money for our trip. This launch saw one successfull parachute recover, albeit deployed too soon, and the first on-board video. On Friday we reached a Space Center best of 343 […]

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About a dozen high school students from Muckleshoot visited Northwest Indian College today and the Space Center was asked to do a demo launch. We launched a righ fin rocket and NOS-1. The launcher didn’t hold NOS-1 so Gary had to hold it and then effect a timely release. Well, timely once and the last […]