A lot goes into making a rocket. There is the body, the nose cone, the parachute, and the body fins. And they all have to come together. To make it all work out you can use physics to strategically create a rocket. Mass, acceleration, momentum, inertia are just a few things involved. We want our rocket to have a generally lower mass so that it will go higher. The force of gravity will not be as strong against it. We want our rocket to have a sturdy nose cone so that it can help cut through the air. Plus it adds stability and a great place to store and launch the parachute. A possible problem with our rocket, is the fin size. We have small fins and i think they should be bigger. Fins stabilize the rocket and our rocket did skew to the left. We also need to add weight to our nose cone. Right after our rocket reaches its maximum height and falls back toward the earth the weight in the tip of the cone will naturally accelerate toward the ground removing the cap and releasing the parachute. This is why our parachute did not release today.
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