Rockets

What do you think of when you hear the word “rocket”? You probably think Space Shuttle, Apollo 13, Neil Armstrong maybe. What is a rocket? A rocket is an engine designed to propel itself into the air at high speeds. A rocket engine can produce more power than anything its size. In fact, a rocket the size of car can produce almost 2500 times more power than a car’s engine. A rocket works on a very …

…and Endeavor. The other Space Shuttle, Challenger, blew up 73 seconds after take-off and was the only American spacecraft that was destroyed in flight. From Tsiolkovsky to the Space Shuttle the world has seen the inventions of a dreamer become powerful vehicles that could take us into space. Rockets will continue to fly and dreamers will continue to dream. Maybe someday we can go to the second star to the right and strait on til morning.