3, 2, 1, Blastoff
By News-Argus Staff
Published in News on July 17, 2013 1:46 PM
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Eskabonna Henderson, kneeling, explains to a group of student campers what will happen when they launch their water rockets.
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T'Keya Banks, 15, uses a small cup to put water into a soda bottle that she has turned into a rocket.
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Jeremiah Dwane Branch, 14, uses his body to push down on a pump that is filling his water rocket with air as it nears its capacity.
Kinetic Minds of Goldsboro is holding a green energy summer camp at Wayne Community College. One of their projects this week was to launch water rockets, explained founder Eskabonna Henderson. The rockets were part of a renewable energy lesson that the group is focusing on during a week of examining green energy alternatives. The class used soda bottles because the plastic is strong enough to withstand the pressure required to launch them. The water rockets had a potential of soaring to 200 feet in the air.