• Question: Have you ever built anything dangerous?

    Asked by Annabelle and Malou to Stephen, Sita, Rory, Hannah, Brian, Alison on 6 Mar 2019.
    • Photo: Sita Karki

      Sita Karki answered on 6 Mar 2019:

      No, never and don’t think we will ever built such things.

    • Photo: Alison Dufresne

      Alison Dufresne answered on 6 Mar 2019:

      Yep! Rocket engines are really dangerous!! I built one last year that is pretty scary but it’s never hurt anyone. We’re really careful to be as safe as possible. That means face shields, ear protection and full suits if we’re loading the chemicals into the tanks!

    • Photo: Rory Scarrott

      Rory Scarrott answered on 6 Mar 2019:

      Yes, when we were kids, me and my mates build a camp/shed out of bricks… no cement, bricks literally stacked one on top of each other in columns (not even interlinked), with branches over the top. It’s a miracle we didn’t snuff it, as it collapsed overnight :/

    • Photo: Hannah Currivan

      Hannah Currivan answered on 6 Mar 2019:

      I have not!!!! But who knows if I will in the future. The space industry is filled with dangerous materials. 🙂 🙂 🙂

    • Photo: Stephen O'Connor

      Stephen O'Connor answered on 8 Mar 2019: last edited 8 Mar 2019 1:54 pm

      Yes – a swing that hung from a tree in the park near to my house.
      It wasn’t that dangerous, but it snapped when my friend tried it the first time.
      Luckily he was fine because it wasn’t that high!
      From then on we made better designs – that’s how engineering and testing works 🙂

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