That's not a bad idea Lisa!!! I have a friend who has a black powder canon that looks like a Dobsonian Telescope. I'll bet if I were to glue an old focuser assy on the side, fill it with powder and stuff a life size doll down the tube and touched it off in front of the kids, launching the lifeless doll several blocks, I'll bet that would take care of any questions the kids may have. ;) Just kidding. Actually that would be fun to do at SPOC. Maybe strap a skate board to the feet of the life size doll just for laughs... ;) Still kidding! Quoting John and Lisa Zeigler <john@johnstelescopes.com>:
Solid tube Newtonian telescopes, no matter how much they look like trash cans or basket ball hoops are not for throwing things into. My very little kids have hammered one of our mirrors on a scope that sits in the corner of our living room by putting toys "down the tube". Luckily it's a demo scope for teaching kids at schools about scopes.
Lisa Zeigler www.johnstelescopes.com www.mirrorkits.com
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