UNIVERSE
SPACE EXPLORATION
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Fuel only
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Oxygen only
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Fuel and Oxygen
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Since there is no air and space, rockets need to take oxygen with them into space. Inside the rocket’s engine, fuel and oxidizers are ignited in the combustion chamber, creating hot, expanding gases. That gas has pressure, and it pushes harder against the top of the rocket than the bottom, making it go up or forward.
Detailed explanation-2: -It takes a lot of fuel to launch something into space. Sending NASA’s Space Shuttle into orbit required more than 3.5 million pounds of fuel, which is about 15 times heavier than a blue whale.
Detailed explanation-3: -Oxygen’s role in rocket propellant is to act as the oxidizer. Oxygen is essential in combustion processes such as the burning of fuels. Oxygen helps burn the fuel in order to help launch the spacecraft. We know oxygen is the most common oxidizing agent used in other applications.
Detailed explanation-4: -At liftoff, the two Solid Rocket Boosters consume 11, 000 pounds of fuel per second. That’s two million times the rate at which fuel is burned by the average family car.