rocket project
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Rocket Project. Astronomy. Darts. Hellfire. How a Rocket Works. Solid Rocket Boosters. Solid Rocket Boosters. Simple Cheap Safe But- Thrust cannot be controlled. Once ignited, the engine cannot be stopped or restarted. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Rocket ProjectRocket Project
AstronomyAstronomy
DartsDarts
HellfireHellfire
How a Rocket WorksHow a Rocket Works
Solid Rocket BoostersSolid Rocket Boosters
Solid Rocket BoostersSolid Rocket Boosters
SimpleSimple CheapCheap SafeSafe But-But- Thrust cannot be controlled.Thrust cannot be controlled. Once ignited, the engine cannot be Once ignited, the engine cannot be
stopped or restarted.stopped or restarted.
Liquid PropellantLiquid Propellant•Liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen - used in the Space Shuttle main engines •Gasoline and liquid oxygen - used in Goddard's early rockets •Kerosene and liquid oxygen - used on the first stage of the large Saturn V boosters in the Apollo program •Alcohol and liquid oxygen - used in the German V2 rockets •Nitrogen tetroxide/monomethyl hydrazine
Other FuelsOther Fuels
Chemical reactions that produce gas are Chemical reactions that produce gas are common for obvious reasons (lots of gas common for obvious reasons (lots of gas for a small amount of solid/liquid)for a small amount of solid/liquid)
Any system that throw mass would sufficeAny system that throw mass would suffice
Other FuelsOther Fuels
Compressed Gas such as COCompressed Gas such as CO22 or liquid or liquid nitrogennitrogen
Fusion ReactorsFusion Reactors Matter-antimatterMatter-antimatter A baseball throwerA baseball thrower Plasma/Ion enginesPlasma/Ion engines Compressed air with water (Your rocket)Compressed air with water (Your rocket)
How high does it go?How high does it go?
Use TrigUse Trig
Use AlgebraUse Algebra
y = vy = voot + 1/2 gtt + 1/2 gt22
VV00 - initial velocity - initial velocity
t-timet-timeg-acceleration due to gravityg-acceleration due to gravity