| Your personal background. |
| Born in New Hampshire but now live in Washington State. Semi-Retired and worked in the Medical Imaging industry for over 35 years on CT and MRI Scanners. Have several hobbies, but recently very involved with Astronomy. Board of Trustees member with TAS (http://www.tas-online.org) and involved extensively with Public Outreach. Project Astro-Bio member through UW and work with teacher partners in several schools throughout western washington. Check the TAS website for the myrid of activities we are involved in, click on the tab labled Public Outreach. One of those activities is 'Stomp Rockets' where the student builds an air powered paper rocket utilizing: 8x10 sheet of paper, paper clips, playing card, cellophene tape, sissors and a construcion jig made from 3/4 inch PVC pipe about 12" long. The rocket is launched with a 2 liter soda pop bottle attached to about 3 feet of bicycle inner tube to an 18 inch length of 3/4" PVC pipe when the bottle is stomped on. The quality of construction, attention to detail, launch angle and force of air evacuation from the 2 liter bottle determine the distance which is about 200 feet. TAS members utilize the stomp rocket as a vehicle for teaching math and physics to school students K-12. |
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| I like the screen saver of the rotating constellations. When I give lectures at schools, the screen saver is a valuable tool in Astronomy. |
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