Does it take a Rocket Scientist to have fun? YES!
For those who didn't know, Paul WAS a rocket scientist in Grad School He was the project manager for the UNITY IV rocket that several universities worked on and launched out at Dugway.
Building models is fun, but it gets even better when competition, fire and dangerous explosives are involved. Paul stayed up late for several nights building the rockets. (an engineer HAS to design the fins in AutoCAD you know!) He even made the older kids design their own rockets. We met our friends at the fairgrounds and had a picnic lunch. It was a perfect way to spend a fall Saturday afternoon.
I had great fun trying to capture perfect blast-off pictures. I got up to 1/3200 second to get the shot. Having too much fun with the new camera!
After they launched rockets Paul and Erik worked on Erik's science fair project using rocket motors to see what would melt. Wow! Hot enough to melt steel!
Last weekend Paul built Nicole a wind Tunnel for her science fair project. Fin design. She will be competing against Erik this year. The last two years she has gone to district and then placed in region. It will be fun to see how each of them do this year.
For those who didn't know, Paul WAS a rocket scientist in Grad School He was the project manager for the UNITY IV rocket that several universities worked on and launched out at Dugway.
Building models is fun, but it gets even better when competition, fire and dangerous explosives are involved. Paul stayed up late for several nights building the rockets. (an engineer HAS to design the fins in AutoCAD you know!) He even made the older kids design their own rockets. We met our friends at the fairgrounds and had a picnic lunch. It was a perfect way to spend a fall Saturday afternoon. I had great fun trying to capture perfect blast-off pictures. I got up to 1/3200 second to get the shot. Having too much fun with the new camera! After they launched rockets Paul and Erik worked on Erik's science fair project using rocket motors to see what would melt. Wow! Hot enough to melt steel!Last weekend Paul built Nicole a wind Tunnel for her science fair project. Fin design. She will be competing against Erik this year. The last two years she has gone to district and then placed in region. It will be fun to see how each of them do this year.
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