"So I guess a rocket is standard picnicking equipment in Japan, isn't it?" - Tom Servo, MST3K |
| Published: October 7, 2007, 10:57 pm |
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Row upon row of trophies for the Space Derby. Do you want one as much as I The Boy does?It's 1957, and in October the Soviet Union (the Bad Guys, for those who slept through freshman history) launches Sputnik atop kerosene-oxygen stored kinetic energy. As the rocket slips the surly bounds of Earth for the heavens, America quakes in anticipation of Soviet attack.It's 2007, and in October Cub Scout Pack 8675309 launches a whole heiney-load of balsa wood rockets horizontally along fishing line atop a blast of propeller wash and rubber-band-stored kinetic energy. As the rockets slip the surly bounds of the Launching Point for the other side, Houston, Texas quakes in anticipation of who will win the Cub Scout Pack's massive trophy for first place in the Space Derby.The Boy (and The Mrs. and I, to some tiny extent) had built the rocket the previous week. I had looked on the box and had guessed that the rocket on the box was just a quick bit of assembly of various parts. It [ Full article ] |
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