Hacker students learn about rocketry during yearly class

Sunday, May 30, 2010

by Brian S. Orban

Fifth-grade teacher Mrs. Beth Ferring helps a student prepare his rocket for launch. Photo by Brian S. Orban

Students from Hacker Middle School took their first steps into the complexities of space exploration and modern rocketry following three days of hands-on experience in the subject.

For many of these fifth graders, the springtime project serves as their first exposure into this subject, according to teachers at the middle school.

Once limited to a handful of classes four years ago, the program's popularity encouraged teachers at the school to expand the curriculum to include every fifth grade class.

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Haha, good times I remember doing this in technology class, though my rocket never really went up high.

-- Posted by CharlesHarris on Mon, May 31, 2010, at 7:59 AM
The future space travel will be for short trips maybe by rocket..

Experimenting with them maybe fun but useless.

For real Space Travel, the technology of the Flying Saucer will be used.

It was discovered in Canada in 1967, patented later and offered tho Nasa.

The Propulsion Engineers were upset.

Who would need them, if a Shuttle, equipped with that technology would take off like an aircraft and fly with a constant acceleration of ONE G to the ISS in one hour, to the Moon in a couple of hours and to Mars within one day?

"Not interested, thank you for the copy of your Patent!"

No matter what, experimenting with rockets will soon be over.

If Nasa is not interested, Russia is.

What is Nassa going to do then?

It would be best for teenagers to learn about electronics.

A Flying Saucer is all about electricity.

These big metal spheres are the Propulsion Units.

The generate High Voltage pulses to push the vehicle off the ground and propel it.

A simple joystick puts the power on the selected spheres and a Control Knob (can be a foot pedal, like in a car) selects the speed.

A sixteen year old girl with heavy glasses can fly it after ten minutes instruction. You do not have to be a Jet Pilot.

For our time, the secret of how to do it was in a practical application of a Theoretical Problem, originating from Faraday.

That had to do with concentric metal spheres.

A Flying Saucer also does NOT use Oil or Nuclear Power.

It "taps" power out of the aether.

That system can also be used to power cars or homes.

I believe, that Tesla, the greatest inventor the world ever had, used it to power his Pierce Arrow Car in 1931.

If it becomes available, the Units to supply the cars or homes have to be installed by electricians.

So, if young people look for a job later, learn to be an electrician.

Become a Radio Ham for hobby.

Flying Saucers have been seen for thousands of years.

Good luck to all.

-- Posted by Spacer on Mon, May 31, 2010, at 12:43 PM
Experimenting with rockets is fun.

It would be very usefull if we would use rockets all the time in the future for Space Travel.

However, the technology of the Flying Saucer was discovered already in 1967 in Canada, patented and offered to NASA.

The Propulsion Engineers were all upset.

Who would need them, if a Shuttle could take off, assisted by VTOL, and fly to the ISS inside one hour, using a constant acceleration of One G ?

Reach the Moon in a couple of hours?

Reach Mars inside a day?

"Not interested, thank you for the copy of your Patent!"

A Flying Saucer does not use rockets, oil or nuclear Power.

It "taps" power right out of the aether.

It is all electricity.

That system can also be used to power cars or homes.

We need electricians to install the units in cars and homes.

Girls can do it just as well as boys.

A real Spacecraft, like a Flying Saucer does not need a Jet-Pilot.

A 16 year old boy or girl can, after ten minutes instruction, fly it, using a joystick to apply the power to the individal spheres and foot control to adjust the amount of power.

I like to suggest that teenagers learn about electricity as much as possible, become a Radio Ham on the side.

Nasa is stuck between a hard Rock (the Rocket Propulsion Lobby) and a hard Place (The new technology).

If the Rock wins, the Place will go to Russia.

They have already shown interest.

The invention was evaluated by the Hudson Institute at $600 Billion, if the USA would have it before Russia.

For $50 million it will go and the USA is out of the Space Running.

Whoever rules Space, rules the World.

Good luck to all of you.

-- Posted by Spacer on Mon, May 31, 2010, at 1:21 PM

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