The Model Rockets That Carried Us to the Stars
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on May 27, 2023
Updated May 27, 2023 12:00 am ET
For me, the Space Age began on the weed-choked field behind North School in Glencoe, Ill., in 1976. That’s where Mr. Irmis, who drove a VW microbus and taught us science, math and sex ed, convened the elementary-school model rocket club on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons. Mr. Irmis taught us how to pick out, assemble and launch any of the dozens of model rockets available at Tom Thumb hobby shop in Evanston, where allowances were squandered and wishes . . .
