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RocketryRocketry
Kim Lachler
Updated 2015NCES: 6.1.3
RocketryRocketry
The Chinese The Chinese invented the crude invented the crude gunpowder gunpowder rockets.rockets.
FireworksFireworks
The_First_Rockets.mov
Types of RocketsTypes of Rockets
Today rockets are Today rockets are either:either:
Solid fuelSolid fuel
Liquid fuelLiquid fuel
Types of RocketsTypes of Rockets
SolidSolid
a dry chemicala dry chemical
An oxidizer An oxidizer (oxygen) which (oxygen) which helps ignites the helps ignites the fuelfuel
Types of RocketsTypes of Rockets
Nose coneIgniter
1 fuel tank
Solid fuel
Combustion chamber
Exhaust nozzles
Solid
Types of RocketsTypes of Rockets
LiquidLiquid
Alcohol or refined Alcohol or refined kerosenekerosene
LOX – liquid oxygenLOX – liquid oxygen
Types of RocketsTypes of Rockets
2 fuel tanks
Oxidizer
Liquid fuel
Nose cone
pumpCombustion camber
Exhaust nozzles
Liquid
Nose ConesNose Cones
Carries the “payload”Carries the “payload”
InstrumentsInstruments
Manned capsuleManned capsule
WarheadsWarheads
Why does a rocket work?Why does a rocket work?
Newton’s Third Law of MotionNewton’s Third Law of Motion
For every action there is an equal and For every action there is an equal and
opposite reaction. opposite reaction. Newton_s_Third_Law_of_Motion__How_Rockets_Work.mov
Why does a rocket work?Why does a rocket work?
Exhaust
Thrust
BibliographyBibliography
Ortleb, Edward, Cadice Richard, Exploring Space, Milliken Publishing Company, St. Louis, MO 1986Ortleb, Edward, Cadice Richard, Exploring Space, Milliken Publishing Company, St. Louis, MO 1986 Google images, http://www.google.com/imghp, accessed 4/19/11Google images, http://www.google.com/imghp, accessed 4/19/11 Best Animation, http://bestanimations.com/Sci-Fi/Spaceships/Rockets/Rockets.html, accessed Best Animation, http://bestanimations.com/Sci-Fi/Spaceships/Rockets/Rockets.html, accessed
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