Launch Reflection #2

After our first launch we were very proud of ourselves, but we had to make one variable change to our rocket.  My group (Apollo 20) decided that our variable change was going to be to change our fins of our rocket and make them better. We decided to just take all our fins off and start them over. First we had to take a vote if we were going to add more fins, take some fins off, or just make new fins and keep the  same amount of fins. The majority of the vote was to take away one fin. Since we had 4 fins before we changed anything now we would have 3 fins. We decided to only have 3 fins because we thought it would have an effect on the spin of our rocket. Once we made our fins we hot glued them to our rocket and it looked brand new and a lot better. Once it was time to launch I wasn’t as nervous as I was on our first launch because I already did it, but I was very concerned about the weather. It was very windy, cold, and cloudy. I thought this would have an effect on our rocket because of the wind. Once we were on the field I started getting a little bit nervous. It was our turn to launch and it was getting more windy by the minute. My job for launch 2 was the countdown. I screamed at the top of my lungs clinomitors ready.And then I did the countdown. Brandon pushed the button and once our rocket launched I got a little upset. Because our rocket did not go high at all. I think this was because of the weather conditions. My group and I were a little upset but we knew that we tried our best.

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