Rockets

Robert Goddard

was an American engineer, professor, physicist, and inventor

 who created the world's first liquid-fueled rockets.

His intricate mechanical flying rocket machines

 inspired me to imagine, read, emulate, and built real rockets.

Joy Happy Happy! :)

So when I was in the 2nd grade,

I made and launched model Rockets in Lake Placid, Florida.

Prepping a Rocket for launch in Lake Placid, Florida (1980)

By the time I was in High school in Alexandria, Virginia,

I was already making large homemade experimental sugar rockets

  (with my own pyrotechnic blend of fuel, oxidizer, and additives)

  to increase the burn time and thrust rates...

-without explosions, accidents, or "teachable moments" ... lol :) 

My experimental Mach sugar rocket in Alexandria, Virginia,

 for my High school science fair. :)

FYI.

The Rocket I made and brought to my school was a  "Live" Rocket,

which contained 11.8 lbs of pyrotechnic (explosive) Rocket motor.

:o

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But it was not until after 911 that all my prior experiences with rockets, making chemical and pyrotechnic blends coalesce, that allowed me to make a POC- Proof of Concept, the world's first kinetic weapon system using experimental rounds called

 "Slipstream"



But it was not until after 911

 that all my prior experiences with rockets,

 making chemical, and pyrotechnic blends coalesce,

that allowed me to make a POC- Proof of Concept,

 the world's first kinetic weapon system

 using experimental rounds called

 "Slipstream"

(circa 2002)

Happy Happy Joy Joy :) 


So

" Noʻu ka hauʻoli "

World! :)

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