My 4-year-old and I had a terrific time building his first model rocket and launching it at NASA Ames last weekend with the LUNAR rocketry club. Something must be in the air (black powder fumes?) because this morning, Shawn Connally showed me this fun video, "Sylvia's Super Awesome Mini Maker Show: Rockets!" For the full directions, see Make: Online!
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2:27 pm Wed
Jul 21, 2010
Young girl's HOWTO video on rocket making
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