Cassie Alcocer, LUNAR #

That is what I usually hear on the way to a rocket launch. My brother and dad are what I like to call obsessed. It all started with AJ seeing a web site. Then for his birthday he got a Phantom 4000 and well, my dad I think he just does it to compete with AJ. When asked he will say, “ I do it partially because of AJ, partially because I did it as a kid and I enjoy it.”

Me, I do it because first, I like going to the hotel. Second, You do get a rush seeing what appears to be a dinky piece of wood and glue blast off to affinity, beyond, and sometimes trees or houses. Thirdly, I do like to see my brother and dad interact with other rocket fanatics.

The down side of rocketry, to an unfamiliarized person, is the language. Yeah you people speak English but when I sit down for dinner with my mom, dad, and brother, I do not have any idea of what you mean when you say you “glassed it”. I didn’t even think there was glass in a rocket. And how do you people know all the motors? I thought I was doing good knowing what end it goes in. My dad and brother will say a motor and a rocket name and debate whether it will work or not. So until someone makes a translation book I will never understand your language.

Although the mind of a rocketeer can never be fully explained to me, I do know how to have fun with the sport. You need two things glue and money. And until I can find where the glass goes I think I’ll leave to flying to the real rocket scientists. So, Happy Flying!