Shuttle Engineer

Adam learned how to make paper airplanes at an afterschool program.  He quickly identified a problem:  they're not easy to launch.  Not that he said this in so many words, of course, but this is clearly what he was thinking about.

So what's a guy to do?  Well first, confuse the heck out of your mother by asking for straws and tape.  Blue tape.  Then take your Chinese New Year paper holder in half and attach it to the body.  Tape up one end of the straw, fit the other inside, and et voila!  Paper airplane launcher!

I'm quite certain this is how all NASA engineers get their start.