Hacking Your Way Into Space!

(click for podcast)How to hack your way into spacehttp://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2007/08/how-to-hack-you.html Way up there! You can also find the video at http://www.archive.org/details/OrigamiAerospace-TestFilmPlay / Download (help) 64Kb MPEG4 (1.2 MB)256Kb MPEG4 (2.9 MB)Windows Media (6.7 MB)Here's my first attempt at creating a film using Air Rockets. I used a snippet from NASA's Columbia Anthem Gets Grammy Nod, and two flights put together.http://www.sciencetoymaker.org/airRocket/index.htmlI recently showed off model rockets for some neighbor kids this week, and I built one of these to show off some almost free rockets that you can blast off.I tested it indoors (big mistake) then had to work to clean the smudge off the ceiling. These are more powerful and fast than you'd expect. Out doors it disappeared (almost) higher than the trees. After two launches it was lost in the trees. No matter - a little paper and tape and I've got two more ready for flight.More Rocket Fun!Googling around and I found a terrific rocket simulator/design tool at NASA!http://exploration.grc.nasa.gov/education/rocket/rktsim.htmlThis amazing thing does simple ballistic, water, and solid engine rockets. Even better - it does AIR ROCKETS! (pictured). Clicking on the links, it turns out there is some pretty sophisticated information and math for rocket scientists.-----------------------MUSIC: "Way Up There" Columbia Anthem Gets Grammy Nod