Chapter 2: Texas

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"Soo, where do we find this uh space centre?" Jessica asked, Marvin checked his phone "I will show the taxi driver the location on my phone the I think we should let him do all the work." We got in a taxi and Marvin showed the driver his phone then just like Marvin said we let him do all the work. Finally, we arrived at the space centre "IT'S HUGE!" Jessica exclaimed, once we entered a woman greeted us "You have an appointment or something?" she said

"Yes, indeed we have something!" Katie said

"A question a presume?" the woman asked

"Yes"

"Then go upstairs and straight forward then you can ask him the question." The woman said and went to greet the other guests, we followed her instructions and entered a room full of toy spaceships. A man was there playing a game in his phone, or it sounded like one, when he saw us he closed his phone and cleared his throat "Can I help you?"

"Yes, we have a question." Jessica said

"And it is?"

"How do spaceships go to space?"

"OH! Let me show you!" he said and got up, after we left the office, or should I say toy store he escorted us to a room he called 'Nanny.1' "This place is where we duplicate our rocket part which are the Structural, nose, body, fins, and Payload. The structural system of a rocket includes all of the parts which make up the frame of the rocket." He walked to the next aisle 

"And this is the nose, The shape of the nose cone helps prevent air from slowing the rocket. The fins help guide the rocket to fly straight, and we also sit in it. And this is the body, the body of a rocket is not one of the more influential parts. The purpose of the body is to house the fuel. It is often in the form of a hollow cylinder because it reduces the amount surface area that is in contact with the air. This in turn reduces drag. And this is the fins, Fins are used on smaller rockets to provide the stability and control direction. It works in the same way as placing feathers at the tail of an arrow. The greater drag on the feathers keeps the tail of the arrow at the back so that the point of the arrow travels straight into the wind. And the last part the Payload, Payload Systems deals with not only the specific radio technologies and systems aboard a spacecraft tasked with delivering mission objectives, but also the supporting ground equipment and telecommunication systems through which spacecraft payloads are controlled and results communicated to mission control." We were all speechless.

 "Oh, don't be astonished yet! I am not done!" he went to the next room which he called 'Nanny.2' "Guidance tells the ship where to go, Propulsion make the engines glow. Fuel and oxidizer combust creating a force known as thrust. The thrust gives the ship rocket power: 17,000 miles per hour." Jessica giggled "Do you have something to say miss?" the man asked, "They all rhyme!" she said "Uh-huh. So that is technically it so THANK YOU! Follow me on Instagram and my name's Joe!" Joe said, "Hi Joe!" Marvin said "We gotta go! Thanks!" he jumped up and turned but then Joe said "WAIT! Tell me what you learned today!"

"Just like air comes out of balloons, push out exhaust. Made of four main systems: Structural, nose, body, fins, and Payload, where the people go in." I said, "Guidance tells the ship where to go, Propulsion make the engines glow. Fuel and oxidizer combust creating a force known as thrust." Jessica continued, "The thrust gives the ship rocket power: 17,000 miles per hour." Marvin and Katie exclaimed, "WELL DONE! Have a nice day and if you have any questions... COME ASK ME!" Joe said and waved us a goodbye then he left the 'Nanny.2'

"Well..." Marvin said "That was fun and interesting! I guess I have to make some improvements on our ship!"

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