Last spring [Mike] built a foam rocket launchpad which was a hit with the kids in his neighborhood. But the launch system was merely a couple of buttons so the early enthusiasm quickly wore off.

We have fond memories of air-water rockets, which were always a ... but looks robust enough for repeated use and makes the launch process routine so the kids can concentrate on the aerodynamics.

The kids observe the full Moon at night and ... Well, next thing you know, Lone Star'll be designing some kind of rocket thingie to launch all of us into space. I didn't mean-- - But first ...