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Textbook Rocket Launch Today! April 18, 2015
From TRF, April 17 - Textbook Rocket Launch - Space Center Houston Tomorrow UpcyclingTextbooks.org  threw out a design challenge for builders here to create launchable rockets made from old textbooks... in a week or less so that we could launch them at Space Center Houston's Earth ...
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Textbook Rocket Flight Report
Here's a capsulized email from Craig Joiner with the Upcycling Textbooks Rocket Project: Hello, Chris.   The Earth Day Kick-Off at Space Center Houston was great. People had a lot of questions about Speed Reader, such as: is that really made out of old textbooks? And everyone got a kick ...
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Textbook Rockets - Launch Video
The Speed Reader Upcycling Textbook Rocket was launched on Saturday, April 18, 2015 To see the launch video, CLICK HERE Whew! It was stable.
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Textbook Rocket, Peak Of Flight Article
The build story of my Textbook Rocket is featured in the latest issue of the Apogee Peak Of Flight Newsletter - "A Scratch Build With A Deadline" - CLICK HERE The article explains the ups and downs of building a rocket against the clock. All construction parts were fashioned from discarded ...
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