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Rocket exhibit at National Space Centre pulls off unintentional NASA SLS impression
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Rocket exhibit at National Space Centre pulls off unintentional NASA SLS impression

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BORK!BORK!BORK! The National Space Centre in England took things a little too far with its simulation of a rocket launch, unless it was seeking to recreate NASA's leaking Space Launch System (SLS) via a plastic bottle and some water. The Leicester-based museum features exhibits aplenty, including some rockets to gawp at, an intriguing parafoil-equipped Gemini capsule, a planetarium, and lots of interactive stations to educate and inform visitors about the space age. Some of those interactive exhibits can, however, be a little too realistic for comfort, such as a bottle rocket intended to illustrate the Space Race between the United States and the Soviet Union. It's a simple enough concept. Select a rocket type, learn some stuff about it, watch as a water bottle is pressurized, listen to the countdown, and then liftoff! It's an activity that kids - and adults - might have attempted in a garden or park.…

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