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    The heated stem went up through pipes into the sphere and then escaped from two L-shaped openings on opposite sides of it. This propelled the sphere in a rotating motion. No one knows for sure when the first “real rockets” were invented. It is often speculated that the first rockets were mistakes‚ caused by the first century Chinese. They used a precursor to gunpowder that contained sulfur‚ saltpeter‚ and charcoal dust. This mixture was filled into tubes of bamboo and thrown into fires during religious

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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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    The Rocket

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    The Rocket 5 Running Head: FRENCH CANADIAN DISCRIMINATION The Rocket: A Film Review Depicting a Theme of French Canadian Discrimination Jessica Marasco 0348583 Dr. Michel Johnson KINE 1010 11/05/07 The film "The Rocket" is the biographical story of hockey legend Maurice Richard‚ that uses sports to highlight historical bigotry. The movie highlights the discrimination that faced French Canadians at the time of Richard’s hockey career. This caused Richard to be torn between his desire to play

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    Technologies for Space Exploration Describe technologies for space travel: -Multistage rockets * Propelled by the recoil pressure of the burning gases it emits as it burns fuel * Most modern‚ high performance rockets are multistage * Multiple rockets stacked on top of each other that detach separately * Reasons for staging are * To improve performance by eliminating dead weight during flight * A huge‚ empty fuel tank is merely dead weight so it is dropped off

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    Water-Rocket

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    How to make a soda-bottle rocket launcher Text copyright 2001 Kevin Karplus. Images copyright 2001 Michele Hart. Design inspired by a similar launcher made by Manfred Warmuth. Permission to copy is granted for copies distributed for free‚ as long as this copyright notice is retained. This document can be found at http://www.soe.ucsc.edu/~karplus/abe/soda-bottle-rocket.pdf You need •about 6’ (2 meters) of 1/2” PVC water pipe •plumbing connectors for 1/2” PVC pipe: • 1 tee (two glue connections

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    Rocket Lab

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    Introduction When Henry Cavendish discovered hydrogen in 1774 and Joseph Priestley found oxygen in 1776‚ neither man would expect the effect these elements could have on modern science‚ namely rockets. But creating a rocket is just combining these two gases in a closed environment‚ and one spark. This lab exemplifies just that what happens when the gases H2 and O2 are chemically combined with a spark. In this lab‚ the objective was to see how far a pipette filled H2 and O2 could travel. One half

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    Physics Lab

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    and final velocities of an air powered projectile. Hypothesis: If the angle of the rocket is launched at 45 degrees than the distance and velocity will maximize. Materials: Rocket launching platform Rocket launcher Rocket body Air pump Safety goggles Rubber washer Nose cone 40‚ 45‚ 50‚ 55 and 60 angle wooden blocks Measuring wheel Procedure: 1. The rocket was assembled by the rocket launcher and screwed to the launching platform using two screws/washer/wing-nut set. 2

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    October Sky

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    October Sky Marion Eady The film October Sky (1999)‚ directed by Joe Johnson is based on a true story of Homer Hickman ( a coal miners son) who is inspired to build a rocket after the Russian launch of the first artificial satellite (Sputnik) into orbit. The film definitely focuses on the course theme of being a social outcast. This is explored in the film through three people‚ John Hickman (Homers Father)‚ the town of Coalwood and Mr.Turner (Homers principle). Firstly‚ John Hickman

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    Essay On Space Race

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    of which was a Russian named Konstantin Tsiolkovsky. He established the basics of rocket science. He made a rocket equation which determines the velocity of flight. That equation is still used today in modern rockets. Along with that‚ he also wrote the first theoretical description of an artificial satellite. The Germans also made a rocket called the A-4 rocket. It was first launched in 1942 and was the first rocket to reach space. It was also able to carry 2‚200 lbs of weight. Even though it was

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    first satellite in space. He begins thinking about rockets and how there is a scientific and mathematical explanation to why they fly and fall in a certain way. This is the begining of his long and brutal journey. To begin his journey‚ he gathers all his friends and “nerds” to help him launch his first rocket. They launch their first rocket and was unfortunately unsuccessful. Hickam and his friends decide to not give up so they launch their second rocket not much later and its not a success but its an

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