I'd gues they used 1/2 an 1/8" launch rod.
Looks like they were all the "Make it, Take it" kit.
Some flew apart, wrong glue, not glue?
No matter.
For kids to undertake such a great task of handling everything on there own,
I'd say they need to recognized in many different aspects of the show.
Can you imagine what 4000 kits costs? 4000 engines? 2000 1/8 launch rods? All those 2/4's? All that wire, modules, ect?
Get the fire dept. to ok, city police, block streets, crowd control, etc. etc. etc.?
Plus all the time it took to build, load motors, igniters, wadding, pack chutes, hook up 8000 micro clips?
And still raise $20.000!!! (To put your name on one of those rockets, what would you think it must have cost?)
For that one Second of ignition and maybe 10 seconds of flight?
Yes, I say there is a bunch of young adults, with a most worthy cause, that did not give up.
I'd bet that those involved will go far in life.
Thanks to everyone that made that possible for all of us to see.
And as a second thought, who knows somebody that has or had breast cancer?
I was at the doc's office today on my back. Very young nurse there is recovering, had a real bad time w/recovery)
had both removed earlier this year. Not because she had breast cancer, but because her family history was so potent with it.
She is a really nice, gool looking young woman whom didn't want to bet her life. Everyone must praise one so brave to undertake such drastic measures when not needed. She may never have gotton it, but there was an 82% family history against her. Could YOU do it? I often wondered about that myself.