The Building Process

General Procedure:

1. Gather the materials.
2. Cut the bottom portion of one of the 2-L liter bottles to create the ballast.
3. Roll up newspaper balls and place them into the top half of the ballast as weight holders.
4. Push the bottom portion (cut piece) into the ballast on top of the newspaper balls.
5. Use small pieces of duct tape to secure the bottom portion in the ballast.
6. Connect the ballast with another 2-L soda bottle (chamber) and use small pieces of duct tape to secure the bottles.
7. Use a marker and draw 4 triangles (fin patterns) on the material for the fins.
8. Cut the markings on the material.
9. Place the 4 fins on the chamber of the rocket.
10. Then use the newspaper and printer paper to form the nose cone.
11. Fasten nose cone on the ballast with duct tape.
12. Launch the rocket.

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