Rocket Scientists Are Arduino at Heart
This is the story of a group of college students who moved to the Mojave Desert, bought a house, painted it white, and turned it into a make-shift lab. Then they went out to launch rockets.
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Kid Crafts: Soap Bottle Rocket
Looking for an awesome kid-friendly project to keep little ones busy during the long weekend? Check out this cool soap bottle rocket tutorial!
How-To: Cut Air Rockets with Your Silhouette Digital Cutter
Your summer just got a whole lot more awesome! If you’ve got a Silhouette digital cutter, you’re mere steps away from rocketry bliss thanks to this fantastic downloadable Silhouette air rocket cutting template.
Building robots and rockets with Javascript
The web developers are coming, and they’re bringing Javascript frameworks that let you build robots and rockets more easily.
Ten Dollar Stomp Rocket Launcher
Chris Connors’ 10 Dollar Stomp Rocket Launcher looks pretty cool! Stomp rockets are a great way to introduce flight, pneumatics, and energy transfer through hands-on learning. Paper rockets are very easy to make, and use “virtually free” materials. This will help encourage multiple iterations and exploration of rocket design. You should be able to focus […]
Book Review: I Still Have All My Fingers
In this manual for building a 72-inch amateur rocket, everything but the parachute is repurposed or scratch-built, including the motor and propellant. Detailed, well-written instructions and a clear photo explain each step. If you’re at all interested in amateur rocketry, it’s good reading.
DIY Rocket Competition
At South By Southwest (SXSW), DIYROCKETS and Sunglass announced a new competition for an “Open Source 3D Printed Rocket Engine” that would be capable of sending nano-satellites into orbit. The competition starts today and runs through June.
