Rockets!
A rocket is a missile or aircraft which obtains thrust from the
reaction to the ejection of fast moving fluid from within a rocket
engine.
Gasses accelerate at an extremely high speed. Since every
action has an equal and opposite reaction, this generates a
large thrust on the rocket lifting it into the sky.
Chemical rockets contain a large amount of energy and can be
very dangerous.
Rockets at minimum have a place to put propellant (fuel), one or
more rocket engines, stabilization fins, attitude jets, and a
structure to hold these components together.
The loud noise from a Rocket is most intense when a rocket is
close to the ground, since the noise from the engines moves up away
from the Rocket, as well as reflecting off the ground.
Saturn V Rocket
The biggest Rocket to have successfully flown was the Saturn
V (pronounced Saturn five). The Rocket on this page is a
Saturn V Rocket. This Rocket was 363 feet tall and 33 feet in
diameter! It weighed 6,699,000 (6 million) pounds! 13 Saturn V
Rockets were launched between 1967 and 1973. An average mission
used the rocket for a total of just 20 minutes!
The Saturn V Rocket carried the Apollo astronauts to the Moon.
Click on the
Image Gallery for more pictures of the Saturn V Rocket and
Click
Here to See a Movie clip of the Saturn V Rocket Launching!
When you are finished searching for this Geocache, there is a
Rocket nearby that you can explore and play on! There has been a
Rocket here in this park for many years and it's the coolest thing
you you've ever seen in a park!
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This Cache is a KFC. KFC is a designation that stands for Kid
Friendly Cache. (not to be confused with a popular chicken place)
It is a movement to keep the young ones wanting to stay active in
geocaching. Kids love to trade so having a cache of decent trading
size is a must. Also kids minds are like sponges wanting to soak up
all the information that they can fit in their heads. With that in
mind, please leave a little bit of knowledge for them to learn
about the environment they are walking in. Look at it as a living
classroom. Topics can be of any variety such as Nature, Geology, or
History.
Winter Friendliness Rating: Definitely not
"Winter Friendly" but findable with the hint and a bit of
digging.
Congratulations Team Bear Bear on the FTF!