!!Rocket Science!!

Movies?

100

What small sassy blue and white robot was the companion of Luke Skywalker in the Star Wars Franchise?

R2-D2

200

In the movie "The Martian" what is the profession of Matt Damon's character Mark Watney.

Botanist 

300

The main ship in the original 1960s television series, captained by James T. Kirk

USS Enterprise

400

What is the name of the robot companion from "Interstellar"?

TARS

500

What fictional, sentient, artificial intelligence computer controls the systems of the Discovery One spacecraft and interacts with the crew in the film "2001: Space Odyssey".

HAL 9000

Do you Know Your Officers?

100

What is Russel's favorite color? 

gun metal gray

200

What sport did Dylan play as a kid?

Baseball (basic)

300

Which officer is terrified of horses?

Abram :(

400

Which officer claims to have had his pet turtle "run away"

Aydon 

(top 10 things that never happened) 

500

Where is Shamar from?

Antigua and Barbuda

Rockets

100

Where is NASA trying to send astronauts now?

Mars

200

What missions reached the moon?

Apollo (beginning with Apollo 11)

300

Who first invented rockets?

China 

400

What Apollo mission almost did not make it back to Earth?

Apollo 13

500

Name the three men to first visit the moon

Neil Armstrong, Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin, and Michael Collins

Physics and What Not

100

What is the Gravitational Acceleration on Earth 

9.8 m/s^2

200

Name the most common type of model rocket motor? 

Black Powder

300

Give the equation for Kinetic Energy

1/2*m*v^2

400

Solve this equation e^ln|x^2|

2

500

Who is considered the father of Modern Rocketry?

Robert Hutchings Goddard

Odds and Ends

100

In 1958, the U.S. government combined all of the rocket-development teams in the country into one new group called:

NASA (the National Aeronautics and Space Administration)

200

Less fuel is required to reach escape velocity from the Moon or from Mars, because they have less __ than Earth.

gravity (mass)

300

Which Mars rover was active from 2004 until 2019 when it sent its final transmission of "My battery is low and it's getting dark"  

Opportunity 

400

Oh so you like rockets? name 3 rockets then nerd. 

Go on 

500

What 3 forces are necessary for flight?

thrust, lift, and drag