Rocket

The goal of this project was to build a rocket with three fins, that can launch 100 M into the air and fall down to the earth without the egg breaking. It had to be done by November 2. Some constraints that we had to follow that limited our design was that we could only use recyclable materials, and we couldn’t use heavy materials such as metal or wood. We also didn’t have any instructions to follow, every idea came from our brains or the internet. My group decided on a design based on the…

Rocket mortgage is a service offered by Quicken Loans. I came across this topic on a TV commercial, and it drew my attention because of the word rocker. When I first heard the word Rocket Mortgage, I asked, what does Rocket has to do with Mortgage. And then I realized that rockets represent an important part of the American history. Going back to the space race. When the United States and the Soviet Union where trying to be the first country to land on the moon, not only for the simple fact of…

In order to lift the massive payload required to reach the moon, the Saturn V rocket required millions pound of thrust. The First stage comprised of five-engine cluster for the 7.5 million pounds of thrust using liquid oxygen and kerosene fuel. The Second stage had five J-2 engines and the third with one J-2 engine all using hydrogen-oxygen fuel. Without the development of these powerful engines, the Saturn V rocket would not have lifted off the launch pad. Also, NASA developed a common bulkhead…

Rise of the Rocket Girls beings with the telling the start of the California Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). In 1940 when the men working at JPL where shooting rockets out of dry Canon in Southern California they needed help figuring out calculations. One of the men was married to a woman named Barbara Cartwright. She was really good at numbers. Barbara Cartwright calculated speed, Trajectory, combustion among many other things that helped with rocket and propellant development. Her findings…

Money. The class rocket project was a testament to how much I enjoyed creative processes. I took great interest in constructing each piece beginning with the fins, followed by the body of the rocket and finally the parachute. My rocket was painted green and named "The Green Goblin" after the Spider Man villain that terrified me as a child. Mr. Money was there every step along the way, helping me to learn the basics of rocket building. In contrast to my experience with the robot, my rocket launch…

Rise of the Rocket Girls Reading Assignment – Frances Dai Discussion Questions: Workers had to leave JPL abruptly for various reasons, who would’ve contributed to their later research the most if he/she had stayed? If there were male and female computers, would society have given more and equal recognition to this group, as opposed to only female computers, or would the men overshadow the women? Which factor is the most prominent reason to why the Rocket Girls were forgotten? Important Quotes:…

The NASA Antares Rocket exploded out of the air, after it was clearly safe to launch. 5,000 pounds of supplies and more than 200 million dollars were wasted. Heading to the space station on the rocket were several experiments given by the Chinese, Russians, Americans, and Australians. They were supposed to be tested in space to examine their effects in space however, after the explosion, the experiments need to be returned back to each country accordingly. The Chinese will get LB (mineral oil),…

It ain’t Rocket Science MBWA It is not Rocket Science. Whatever you want to call it: MBWA (Managing by Walking Around), (Managing by Wandering Around), CBWA (Coaching by Walking Around). These are all just buzz words for a great Leadership practice for engaging with your employees. Personally I have always disliked referring to my employees as “Employees”. I prefer “people”. Another pet peeve I have is to use the terms Manager and Leader interchangeably. There are people in Leadership roles…

In Romeo and Juliet Act I the Prince sets a law that whoever gets in a fight will be killed. But in this scene Mercutio and Tybalt get in a fight. Tybalt won the fight and Romeo decided to fight him and killed him. Instead of death Princes punishment for Romeo was banishment from Verona. I believe that princes punishment is appropriate because he killed Tybalt like the law would, he was trying to avoid fighting, and he listened to the rules that the Prince made. With the fight of Tybalt and…

Women were overrepresented as “mad” or “hysterical” in society, but what of the men? Men were never deemed as such because that was just “men being men”. However, some British literature texts beg to differ, for example, most of the men who were extremely misogynistic start to develop a loss in their mental stability. A critical analysis of the characters Leontes from “The Winter’s Tale” and Ferdinand “The Duchess of Malfi” can attest to this male mental illness. Leontes and Ferdinand go through…