Our friends mentioned in the previous post also took us to
the Kansas Cosmosphere in Hutchinson,
KS.
While we were there we rode the flight simulator “with the
Blue Angels”.
It was very
interesting.
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| Some Used Space Suites |
We then looked at lunar
modules, rovers, space exploration, tools, space history, rocket history, and
space station models.
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| A Full-Size Model Lunar Lander |
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| Small Model of the International Space Station |
My favorite part was Doctor Goddard’s Lab!
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| Draining liquid oxygen from a large piece of cotton |
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| When he lit the super oxygen filled cotton it burned so fast it exploded! |
Here we learned about rockets, explosions,
and, of course, Doctor Robert Goddard, the first rocket scientist that explored
the use of liquid rocket fuel.
It was
fascinating.
The man doing the explaining
and experiments was very good at his job.
The liquid oxygen was really cold and “cool”.
He showed us that oxygen isn’t flammable, but
it makes combustion highly accelerated!
He took a cotton ball and lit it on fire.
Then he compared it with to a large amount of
cotton soaked in liquid oxygen.
The
result was an amazing explosion!
My mom
caught the explosion on camera.
We learned
a lot in Doctor Goddard’s Lab.
We also
saw him light a hydrogen bomb that he made.
He also made an alcohol rocket.
It was great stuff.
We also watched a very interesting video in the stellarium.
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| Doctor Goddard's first Rocket Design |
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| A Moon Rock |
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| A space toilet |
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| Me sitting inside a used Space Shuttle Tire |
