Rocket Lab Report

PEMIKA PHATTHANAKITTICHAI (PAIR)

INGTAWAN TRITRAKOOLSIN (ING)
NATWADEE PUNCHA-ARNON (MINT)
NATTANON VEERAKUL (NON)
SUMATE SAELOW (JEW)
 Introduction

A rocket is a vehicle that is designed to be able to

withstand the pressure in space to carry out tasks in space. A
rocket engine is different from jet engine in that it’s doesn’t
need air while a jet engine does. Rockets use fuel and turn it
into gas, then the gas will later be pushed out on its back,
making the rocket moves forward. There are two types of
rocket engine, the one that uses liquid fuel, and the one that
uses solid fuel.
There is a common misconception that rockets move
forward by pushing back against the air, since there is no air in
space, rockets use the scientific concept that is Newton’s
Third Law to generate the force needed to push the rocket
forward. When you start the rocket engine, the rocket will
accelerate and go up into space. The rocket releases gas
downward so it’s able to go up, we call this “action-reaction
pair.” Another physics concept that is used to make rockets is
the Newton’s law of inertia. It’s basically saying that the rocket
will stay at rest until the rocket engine blasts off sending it into
space, and the rocket will continue moving unless there are
external forces acting on it.
 Objectives

- To apply what we have learnt in class to build the rocket.

- To design a rocket that will stay the longest time in air.

Materials

Cardboard Paper
Water Bottle Scissors
Glue Tape
Foil paper Decorative letters

Set-up
 Procedure

Prepare the materials

Roll a piece of paper into a cone and
wrap the cone with tape
Attach the cone to the bottle
Cut colored foil papers into rectangles
Wrap them around the bottle and glue
them
Cut the cardboard into 6 pieces of
curved triangles
Make 2 fins: glue 3 pieces together and
then glue the other 3 pieces together
Decorated the fins with decorative letters
Attach the fins to the bottle
Make a hole in the cap
Measure each part of the rocket
 Data and result

Analysis

Parts of the rocket will help it stay long in air. We made

our cone sharp so the cone will be able to thrust more
efficiently. We also made our fins big so they will increase
the rocket’s rotational inertia. It will be harder for the rocket
to rotate, so it will be more stable. We also used decorations
(foil papers) that are light so the rocket is not heavy. The
rocket will stay in air longer and it will be easier to launch the
rocket. The error is we aren’t sure if the fins are too heavy for
the rocket or not.
 Conclusion

Having designed the rocket, we expect that our rocket is going

to stay the longest time in air ___. We have learned more about
rockets and how they are related to the physics laws we’ve
previously studied. For example, the law of action and reaction
explains how rockets go upward. Rockets push gases or liquid
inside them in one direction and it will push rockets in the opposite
direction. We have also got to apply the knowledge we have in
order to make the best rocket.

Recommendation
Our time management wasn’t very good. We should have started
making the rocket sooner so we would have a lot more time to
complete the project. Although making the rocket didn’t take a lot of
time, it would still be better to start beforehand. Everything would be
done faster and the qualities of the rocket and the report may be
better as well. Our job division was also not very good as well. It could
have been more balanced. If we have a chance to do it again, we will
improve our time management and job division.

Analysis
https://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/diypodcast/rocket-
science-index-diy.html
http://www.explainthatstuff.com/spacerockets.html
https://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/k-4/stories/nasa-
knows/what-is-a-rocket-k4.html
https://www.wikihow.com/Build-a-Bottle-Rocket
Work Log