That Little Packet Packs a Lot of Power

Zach Lawless, Riley Meik, Alex Laraway, and Mark Johnson, are students at Brigham Young University, who just set a world record. They launched the highest Alka-Rocket, which is a rocket powered by fizzy Alka-Seltzer tablets. Their low-tech rocket shot up 883 feet, and won the team $30,000! They are using the money to build more rockets.

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