So we took a week off work...

The whole team is made up of volunteers, all with full-time jobs elsewhere. After a few weeks of working late into the night / getting up incredibly early, the school holidays came. A few of the other team members also took the week off, so we thought we'd use the time to do some exploring of our own! Here's what we got up to:

We had a meeting to discuss our future plans for the project - while eating ice-cream and walking around this reservoir. The good news is, everyone is still very keen to keep working on the project.

Inspired by the hardware hackers at Space Apps, we began the first team efforts to reach space, using vitamin tablets, water and Sugru (grown-up plasticine). Perhaps we may help in the efforts to #LaunchJon!

 We discovered that the main engines of the Sugruz1 rocket weren't quite powerful enough...

 

 

...so we helped her gain 4000 ft in altitude using non-photoshop cheating!

Designs are being drawn up for Sugruz2, a lighter weight design with 4 booster rockets attached.

But for now, it's back to work. We'll be back working on the website in the evenings too!