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Who was the German engineer responsible for the V-2?
Wernher von Braun
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What occurs in the combustion chamber?
The mixture of the oxidizer and fuel.
100
Most rockets (solid or liquid) require a _____ and a _____.
Fuel, Oxidizer
100
What is Newtons third law?
For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.
100
What is ISP?
Specific Impulse or thrust efficiency
200
This American engineer invented the first liquid fueled rocket. It used gasoline and LOX.
Robert Goddard
200
The high pressure gas flows from the combustion chamber to what?
Nozzle
200
LOX stands for _______ and is a ________.
Liquid Oxygen and is an Oxidizer.
200
What is mass?
The amount of matter in an object.
200
Who (what civilization) created the earliest known rockets?
Chinese
300
This rocket was designed in the Marshall Space Flight Center and was used for the Apollo program.
Saturn V
300
The strength of the combustion chamber limits the amount of ______ it can handle.
Pressure
300
In the modern day space shuttle what is the fuel and what is the oxidizer?
Oxidizer-LOX (liquid oxygen) Fuel- liquid hydrogen
300
The peak altitude is called?
Apogee
300
Name two advantages solid fuels have over liquid fuels.
No pumps required. Can be stored easily. Ect.
400
This was one of the first steam engines and was a novelty item.
Aeolipile
400
The limiting factor to the combustion chamber is?
Materials
400
In most model rocket engines what is the oxidizer and the fuels?
Oxidizer-Potassium Nitrate (KNO3) Feuls- Charcoal and Sulfur
400
The ____ the exhaust velocity, the ____ the propulsion efficiency.
Higher, higher or Lower, lower
400
The German V-2 used what kind of fuel?
Alcohol
500
This Russian school teacher, in 1898, was the first to propose using rockets for space exploration.
Konstantin Tsiolkovsky
500
The combustion chamber can reach _______ to _______ F
6000 to 7000 F
500
What are the four types of fuel in order of low to high values?
Cold Gas, Solid Fuel, Liquid Fuel, Ion and Plasma
500
The forward motion, thrust, momentum, driving force.
What is Propulsion?
500
What is the fuel flow equation?
T(thrust)=dm(change in mass)/dt(change in time) x v(velocity)