Rocket Science Workshop
Workshop in collaboration with Niklas Roy
Junior Lab, Lörrach / 2017
Space, the final frontier, has fascinated humankind ever since we started to stare at the sky. Already half a century ago NASA’s Apollo program brought people to the Moon and the next generation rocket scientists are eager to make space flight mainstream. We also wanted to take part in the YouTube era space race where DIY rocketeers work in parallel with the big players, making R&D with plastic bottles and hardware store materials.
The sunny days of Southern Germany and the Junior Lab summer edition at the Werkraum Schöpflin seemed to provide the perfect setting for suborbital rocket science. Rather than relying on the ancient Chinese invention of gunpowder, we went for water rockets powered by compressed air and H2O. During three days we built and launched altogether 12 rockets with 7-13 years old to-be Juri Gagarins and Valentina Tereshkovas.
Space, the final frontier, has fascinated humankind ever since we started to stare at the sky. Already half a century ago NASA’s Apollo program brought people to the Moon and the next generation rocket scientists are eager to make space flight mainstream. We also wanted to take part in the YouTube era space race where DIY rocketeers work in parallel with the big players, making R&D with plastic bottles and hardware store materials.
The sunny days of Southern Germany and the Junior Lab summer edition at the Werkraum Schöpflin seemed to provide the perfect setting for suborbital rocket science. Rather than relying on the ancient Chinese invention of gunpowder, we went for water rockets powered by compressed air and H2O. During three days we built and launched altogether 12 rockets with 7-13 years old to-be Juri Gagarins and Valentina Tereshkovas.
