{"id":2377,"date":"2013-07-18T22:41:48","date_gmt":"2013-07-19T03:41:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/?p=2377"},"modified":"2013-07-18T22:42:17","modified_gmt":"2013-07-19T03:42:17","slug":"the-vollmer-space-program-is-a-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2013\/07\/the-vollmer-space-program-is-a-go.html","title":{"rendered":"The Vollmer Space Program is a GO!"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Timmy<\/a>

Timmy built a small rocket that had a lot of problems during construction, but ended up launching successfully not once, but four times! Twice it nosed right into the ground, but Timmy got it to launch again.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Jacob<\/a>

Jacob is very proud of his “Far Side” rocket.<\/p><\/div>\n

Earlier this week, I was hauling the boys on errand after errand all over Colorado Springs. One of the errands was a short stop at Hobby Lobby to “dry mount” one of Timmy’s Atlanta Braves posters.<\/p>\n

While waiting for the work to be done (about 15 minutes) I took the kids to the model crafts aisle. I thought they would look at the airplane kits, but they instead wandered over to the model rockets.<\/p>\n

The boys had assembled and launched rockets before, at Cub Scout camp in spring 2011. But they were tiny rockets and needed a LOT of parental involvement. You can watch those launches here<\/a> and here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I told them they could each pick out a rocket kit. But then I realized we needed more stuff for the rockets to actually launch.<\/p>\n

While standing in Hobby Lobby, I did a quick Google search for model rocket tips for beginners. This GeekDad blog post from 2009 came up: GeekDad Basics: How to Launch a Model Rocket<\/a>. I quickly read the post while the boys were arguing over which rockets they’d want.<\/p>\n

Okay…it seems that we not only need the rocket kits, but we’d also need…<\/p>\n