At the other end of the tent, kids get to try their hand at making Estes model rockets with as much or as little assistance as they need immediately available. Fins and wings are attached to drinking straws, which are sealed at one end. They are then slid over slightly smaller straws. The astronaut then blows as hard as he or she can through the smaller straw and launches the rocket. Someone has thoughtfully placed various stars, moons and a hula hoop on the ceiling as targets for the rockets.
Happy pandemonium comes close to describing that area.
A few feet away, boxes of equipment await the hands of children. From the boxes, kids select wings, a fuselage, stabilizers and other devices to build a glider that can be launched with a rubber band. Since there is plenty of grass nearby, test flights and adjustments can be made with little delay. By walking a short distance, each kid over 42 inches high can try his or her hand at flying an actual control-line gas airplane. This is the real thing.