Rockets are a very important aspect to the world, for they help in making huge discoveries in science and astronomy. Expensive materials, such as aluminum, titanium, and nickel alloy, help make a sturdy rocket. For the bottle rocket, my partner, Maren Cheney, and I used the following materials: 2 plastic 2-liter bottles, office folder paper, clear duct tape, yarn, 2 sponges, and cotton. The payload of the rocket is the object(s) being carried throughout the flight. While the payload of real rockets include astronauts and satellites, our bottle rocket had an egg to represent the payload. After finishing the bottle rocket, Maren weighed the rocket to get a mass of 258.3 grams. The mass represents the amount of matter the rocket had before being
