Rocket Data Analysis

The rocket reached the highest point when the mass of the rocket was 240 - 260 grams.
When the rocket reached its highest peak height of 2.6 m it was also 260 grams. The rocket
reached a lower height when it was 300 grams and the lowest peak height was when the
rocket weighed 190 - 210 grams.
This is because the weight of the rocket plays a really important factor to how high or how
fast the rocket travels. For example, since the rocket with the highest point weighed about
240-260 grams and the time to reach the highest peak is 2.6 m when the rocket weighed 60
grams, the speed would be 6.76 seconds. The rocket that reached the lowest peak (2m) was
when the rocket weighed 190 – 210 grams, went at a speed of 4.2 seconds. This proves that
even though the rockets that weighed less travelled faster than the rockets that weighed
more, the rocket that weighed less travelled to a lower peak height than the heavier
rockets. This is because, “As Newton observed, the gravitational force between two objects
depends on the mass of the objects and the inverse of the square of the distance between
the objects. More massive objects create greater forces and the farther apart the objects
are the weaker the attraction.” (NASA, 2015). This means that the bigger the object the
more air resistance works against the object.