| Everything has to start somewhere. Would-be | | | | Aerodynamics is a significant factor in learning |
| rocket scientists with their eyes set on building a | | | | how to build a bottle rocket, so some care must |
| shuttle to Mars might find that the realization of | | | | be taken in designing the fins and the nose cone. |
| their dream is a ways off. But they can satisfy | | | | The fins of the rocket will be cut out from a |
| their desire to create something that flies through | | | | manila folder. There should be a total of three fins |
| a fun and easy alternative enterprise: learning how | | | | in all and they must be triangular in shape. They |
| to build a bottle rocket. | | | | are to be attached to the rocket with the use of |
| To begin how to build a bottle rocket, one would | | | | duct tape and each fin must be equally spaced |
| actually need two 2-liter plastic soda bottles. The | | | | apart from each other. The nose cone can be |
| top and bottom part of one of the bottles are to | | | | made from a small plastic athletic cone. The |
| be cut off, leaving only the cylinder-shaped middle | | | | square-shaped bottom of the cone must be cut |
| section of that bottle. The cylinder must then be | | | | off. Putting a piece of clay the size of a golf ball |
| duct taped to the bottom of the other whole | | | | inside the coneâs tip will increase the |
| soda bottle. | | | | coneâs mass, thus giving it added inertia. |