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    The very first person who invented the first rocket was Robert Hutchings Goddard. He invented the first liquid-fuel rocket in March 16‚ 1926. Multiple cultures used rockets before such as a man named Archytas from Greek amazed people by flying a bird made from wood. Then 300 years later‚ another Greek Hero of Alexandria invented a similar rocket device. The earliest rockets were used in 1232. At that time‚ the Chinese and Mongols were at war with each other. The Chinese attacked the Mongols by the

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    a Pop Bottle Rocket? A pop bottle rocket uses a 2L pop bottle‚ which then‚ you fill up the 2L pop bottle with water‚ and then with air‚ air pressure is created‚ and when you launch it Newton’s law happens. A lot of people put designs on their rockets‚ such as mine I did not leave it plain‚ I added cardboard‚ fins‚ color‚ nose etc. To make the rocket fly high and far away‚ you have to understand on how to make your rocket aerodynamic. Below this is an example on how a water rocket can be launched

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    of his friends to help him build a rocket. They used terrible materials‚ and the rocket blew up their mother’s fence. They go to many different people for help on ideas‚ math and materials. After much hard work they finally build a rocket that launches into the air. The story keeps progressing and their rockets keep flying higher‚ as they get new ideas on how to build their rockets more effectively. One major person in helping them to develop their rockets is Miss Riley‚ their chemistry teacher

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    Bottle Rocket Handbook Leo C. Singleton IV ii Copyright c 2001 Leo C. Singleton IV. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means‚ without the prior written permission of the author. Acknowledgments Although I can take credit for being the author of this handbook‚ much of its content is the hard work of other members‚ past and present‚ of the Columbus High School Science Olympiad team. I would like to take this opportunity to thank

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    Rocket Propelled Grenades It was early morning the sun was peeking over the horizon. The military helicopter was cruising at about 200 feet air to ground level‚ departing a river valley base in Afghanistan. Everything seemed routine until a loud bang occurred and the helicopter yawed to the right. As the crew chief looked back‚ there was a huge hole on the left sponson with the sun rays making its was into the cabin. With a quick assessment from pilots and crew‚ the conclusion was made

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    Water Rocket Lab Kinematics: Motion in Two Dimensions Cindy Cao AP Physics 1-212 Changzhou Senior High School of Jiangsu Province Abstract This paper introduces an experiment about launching a water rocket. The projectile motion of this water rocket will be examined.In this experiment‚the water rocket will be launched at 4 different angles 30°,45°60°and 90 °.We will measure the ranges‚maximum altitudes and air time in order to have a better understanding of the projectile motion.As the practical

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    October Sky Vs. Rocket Boys Have you ever read a book and later watched the movie version only to find out that they are completely different? In Homer Hickam’s book‚ “October Sky” and the film adaptation by Joe Johnstun‚ the main character Sonny Hickam is portrayed differently. His physical characteristics‚ personal goals‚ motivation‚ and his family. There are just a few changes between the book and movie. One major contrast is Sonny and his father’s relationship as it coincides with the coal

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    Rocket Boys Throughout the memoir about his youth‚ Homer Hickam in Rocket Boys demonstrates excellence in prose. Hickam‚ a former aerospace engineer from NASA‚ credibly and masterfully crafts his memoir so as to bring the reader into his mindset. His insightful descriptions of action enable the reader to experience the moment firsthand with him through their imagination. He carefully selects his words in order to create an image in the mind of the reader through his deliberate syntax‚ powerful

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    Movie Analysis: Rocket Singh Name of the movie: ROCKET SINGH: Salesman of the year‚ Language: Hindi ( English subtitles)‚ Director: Shimit Amin‚ Writer: Jaideep Sahni. Analysis perspective: Business growth‚ Service Marketing and Sales growth perspective. Question No 1: Indentify the core service philosophies of the companines AYS and Rocket sales corporation. Answer: Rocket Sales Corporation’s core service values: 1. Never tell lie to clients‚ even if the order is lost. If

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    Riley Thompson Dr. Zhuk 1 November 2014 HIST150 Rock and Roll in the Rocket City Rock and Roll in the Rocket City was an interesting book because‚ the book described westernization of youth culture in one "closed" city in Soviet Ukraine during the very important historical period. One reason why this book was so interesting was that it was not the typical readings of blood-thirsty wars‚ magnificent rulers‚ etc. After reading this book‚ one would learn about so-called Soviet closed cities which

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