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Last week we were introduced to the water bottle rocket project. For our project, we plan on extending the bottle of our rocket to have a long body. We also plan to include a nose cone to drastically improve its aerodynamics. We also plan to include 3 or 4 fins to stabilize our rocket so it will fly in a straight path. Mr. Blake told us that we have to have a good amount of mass at the top of our rocket so our rocket is not bottom-heavy. To do this, we found were thinking about using a water balloon. This water balloon would have a dual purpose: to increase the mass of the top of our rocket, and to act as a deployment system to pop off the nose cone and allow the parachute to deploy. We are still brainstorming on ideas, and none of these ideas are set in stone.