Whats Involved in Building a Rocket?
Go to any hobby shop, and model rocket kits line the shelves. Complete with instructions, building materials, even paint, these one-stop-shopping kits are a young rocket enthusiast’s dream. After a few hours of concentration and lots of glue, what was once a heap of tubes, plastic parts and miniature motors is now a rocket ready for launch.
Concept image of the Ares I crew launch vehicle For rocket scientists building NASA’s next generation launch vehicle systems, the Ares I crew launch vehicle and Ares V cargo launch vehicle, the job is not nearly as simple.
Building a rocket that can send humans and tens of thousands of pounds of cargo to space is no easy task. But it’s exactly what engineers are doing today in support of NASA’s exploration goals to send humans back to the moon and travel to Mars and destinations beyond. More
