Bottle Rocket Research Paper

Bottle Rocket Background Paper
A rocket is a vehicle that can travel through the air really high and can contain things like water, air, fireworks, signals, flares, etc… The water and air are pushed on the ground (which pushes the rocket up) when the rocket launches. This is called thrust. Thrust is created by Newton’s third law of motion which is , “For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.” In this case, the action is the water and air pushing on the ground. The equal and opposite reaction is the rocket being pushed up. The weight of the rocket is very heavy and causes the rocket to want to go down because of gravity. The thrust helps push the rocket up instead of falling down and not going on its path. Also, to provide stability for the rocket and to help the rocket maintain its flight path, fins are added around the rocket. The nose cone is on the rocket to minimize the rocket’s drag (the amount of air resistance). In order to make a rocket go farther and faster, the nose cone reduces the drag so that as the rocket goes faster, the drag doesn’t increase like it should. This also occurred on the Saturn V Rocket. …show more content…
It was used in the Apollo program and was used to launch to the Skylab Space Station. It was also the most powerful rocket to successfully be used. The Saturn V Rocket is a rocket with a point on the top and fins on the bottom just like the bottle rocket. Also, both rocket structures are round around the outside. Although the two rockets are similar in looks, they work very different. The water rocket is powered by water, air, and a rocket launcher, but the Saturn V Rocket is powered by a professionally made engine. Also, the water rocket only stays in the air for around 5 seconds and doesn’t go that high, but the Saturn V Rocket stayed up really high and for 4 years. In order to made sure the rocket stays in the air, Newton’s 3 laws has to be in