Carbonated soft drink pop soda bottles with plastic straws. (iStock) "This is not rocket science—water and other drinks dissolve paper, rendering these straws useless for their sole purpose.

Learn more about rockets while having a blast with these fun NASA experiments.

Trump promoting plastic straws a sign of creeping authoritarianism Donald Trump has a problem with paper straws. So now the United States government does, too. A trivial matter, until it isn’t.

Boss Straw’s sales plunged 85% after Trump signed an executive order barring federal agencies from buying paper straws.

The paper-rocket activity is included with regular admission. Record seekers must be at least 8 years old and must arrive at Orlando Science Center by 10 a.m. to secure a reservation.

Florida's Orlando Science Center announced it officially broke a Guinness World Record when 300 people launched paper rockets at the same time.

The Orlando Science Center achieved a Guinness World Record for the most people flying paper rockets simultaneously.

Blow on the straw and see how far your rocket flies! Now create a new rocket and change one thing about it — maybe the fins, the nose cone, or the weight of the paper.