Overall, I loved doing the rocket project. It was fun, and it was the kind of hands on project that makes me interested in school. We worked on this project for about 3 weeks, spending that time on building parts of the rocket, putting them together, test launching, and working a little bit on dimensional analysis on the side. I built my rocket with Ellie Duke, and we worked well together and got a lot done. The process went smoothly, because we had plenty of time and knew what we were doing. Our rocket consists of Smart water bottles, epoxy glue, a soccer cone, string, a trash bag, and grey spray paint. We used Smart water bottles for the actual body of the rocket and the pressure chamber, that brand specifically because Smart water bottles are relatively straighter and skinnier than other plastic bottles. The soccer cone, string, and trash bag was used as a nose cone and a parachute attached to the nose cone and the main body of the rocket. It took us about 2 and a half weeks to finish building the rocket, and then the rest of time we spent on test launching. When we test launched the rocket, it did not perform well at all. Every time, the parachute failed to deploy and as a result the rocket would turn upside down at the height of its trajectory and dive to the ground. The first few times we launched the rocket, it was fine, but after a while the top part of the rocket bent and it would not fly. However, we fixed the rocket in time for the exhibition. The rocket flew high but the parachute did not deploy. I think that this project was a success, but at the same time if I could go back and redo the project there are some things that I would do differently. First of all, when we were gluing everything together we used way too much glue. On our rocket the inside of the glue joints are literally coated in a layer of glue that is an inch thick. It was extremely unnecessary to use that much glue. Additionally, our rocket had a defective parachute deployment system. Next time, I would make the nose cone more aerodynamic yet lighter so that it would be easier for the air to lift the nose cone up and pull the parachute out. Not once did we get our parachute to work and catch the rocket in the air, but one time the parachute did come out when the rocket was about 5 feet from the ground. We would not have had to cut off the top half of the rocket if the parachute deployment system had worked. Finally, if I redid the rocket, I would try to focus more in class and work harder instead of getting distracted easily like I did this time. Besides the improvements on our rocket, I would remember to have fun!