SHMASA Black Sky

So, my son John is away at school studying Aerospace Engineering, and one day he calls me up all excited and says, "Dad, I want spice up my resume. Let's build a rocket! You know; not just some glorified bottle-rocket; I mean let's build a high-power rocket; I want that thing to go so high that it'll see the sky go black! So, what do you know about rockets, dad?"

Thus began our rocket project.

We decided, "Heck! How hard could it be? It's just physics. Sheesh! We know physics as well as those guys down at NASA. We can build a rocket just like NASA. We don't have to be NASA to make spectacular fiery explosions like them. NASA, SHMASA; big deal!"

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