Crash Test Dummies: The Rocket Pack Edition

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2012 Summer Program

Crash Test Dummies test limits of engineering and imagination. Rockets are ancient. By the 1920’s, they grow large enough to tempt the vision of Science Fiction writers. Buck Rogers appears in 1928 newspapers, albeit soaring through 25th Century adventures, with his jet pack. The Rocketeer is more a character of our time. The military has constructed many.
Inventors a few.

Now build Crash Test Dummies brave enough to test your rocket packs. Study the challenges of control, gravity and fire. Test designs from books, movies, comics and superbowl commercials to see how engineering takes time to catch the flights of the imagination. Batteries included. Estes rocket engines included.


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