Failure to launch
Our first attempts at a Mentos soda rocket were dismal – at best.
We tried a two-liter Diet Coke with five mint Mentos, which got us about 20 feet of distance – but no lift.
Dejected, and a little sticky, we went in, regrouped and watched a video.
And tried Diet Pepsi with one Mentos.
The cap didn’t come off, then it did, and the bottle just spun _ covering me with soda.
We even tried a hand-held mortar version with a 18-ounce sparkling water, but the cap held fast.
OK, it’s a little like being at the Goddard Space Flight Center. We will test again.
We will get it right.
A soda bottle will fly.
We tried a two-liter Diet Coke with five mint Mentos, which got us about 20 feet of distance – but no lift.
Dejected, and a little sticky, we went in, regrouped and watched a video.
And tried Diet Pepsi with one Mentos.
The cap didn’t come off, then it did, and the bottle just spun _ covering me with soda.
We even tried a hand-held mortar version with a 18-ounce sparkling water, but the cap held fast.
OK, it’s a little like being at the Goddard Space Flight Center. We will test again.
We will get it right.
A soda bottle will fly.
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