This book teaches the reader to build rocketspowered by compressed air, water, and solid propellantwith the maximum possible fun, safety, and educational experience.
Make: Rockets is for all the science geeks who look at the moon and try to figure out where Neil Armstrong walked, watch in awe as rockets lift off, and want to fly their own model rockets. Starting with the basics of rocket propulsion, readers will start out making rockets made from stuff lying around the house, and then move on up to air-, water-, and solid propellant-powered rockets. Most of the rockets in the book can be built from parts in the Estes Designer Special kit.
This book teaches the reader to build rocketspowered by compressed air, water, and solid propellantwith the maximum possible fun, safety, and educational experience.
Make: Rockets is for all the science geeks who look at the moon and try to figure out where Neil Armstrong walked, watch in awe as rockets lift off, and want to fly their own model rockets. Starting with the basics of rocket propulsion, readers will start out making rockets made from stuff lying around the house, and then move on up to air-, water-, and solid propellant-powered rockets. Most of the rockets in the book can be built from parts in the Estes Designer Special kit.
Make: Rockets: Down-to-Earth Rocket Science
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Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781457182921 |
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Publisher: | Maker Media, Inc |
Publication date: | 09/22/2014 |
Pages: | 520 |
Sales rank: | 270,157 |
Product dimensions: | 8.00(w) x 9.75(h) x (d) |
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