Sentences with phrase «about rocket fuel»

The thing that matters most about rocket fuel is a property called «specific impulse.»

Not exact matches

Two years ago Musk showed a photo of BFR's fuel tank, capable of holding «1200 tons of liquid oxygen,» as a part of SpaceX's early announcements about the rocket.

Wright said ICBMs burn rocket fuel for about three to five minutes before deploying a warhead on top.

If you're concerned about whether or not rocket fuel lattes would be good for you, it's best to chat with your healthcare team.

The keto Rocket Fuel Latte came about after my bad experience drinking Bulletproof coffee.

-LSB-...] if we don't have enough to worry about with BPA in infant formula, now the Environmental Working Group warns us that perchlorate (a rocket fuel ingredient than can -LSB-...]

SpaceShipOne then fired its rocket, fueled by nitrous oxide and rubber, and shot up to an altitude of 367,400 feet, about 40,000 feet higher than required for the prize.

Black Armadillo's latest breakdown occurred when the rocket ran out of fuel about 180 metres into the air during the engine's first full - throttle test.

He says prototypes of his company's hydrogen peroxide - fuelled rocket, Black Armadillo, have now crashed «spectacularly» four times out of a total of about 35 tests.

Ships, cars, aeroplanes, rockets and just about anything that requires fuel to move can be adapted to run on water, according to claims made this week at a conference on marine technology in Southampton.

And when humans do finally return, they will know much more about the risks and resources there — particularly where to find water that could be used to make fuel for rockets and oxygen to breathe.

Hydrogen, being an extremely light element, makes up only about 5 % of the weight of a rocket fuel mixture, and can thus be imported from Earth; heavy insulation and some gelling of the mixture with methane (as the hydrogen will not be fed directly into an engine) will reduce in - space boil - off to negligible levels.

Speaking of rocket fuel... Whenever I eat a bowl of cold cereal, like rice Chex or something similar, I get a serious sugar crash about 3 hours later.

Kylie launches comeback single Dancing — and it's all about LIFE; Post Precious have stuck a poppers - fuelled rocket up the arse of Harry Styles» Sign

But the 507 - pound, 76 - hp, 839 - cc Mana isn't aimed at experienced crotch - rocket jockeys; Aprilia is targeting people moving up from scooters or first - timers in search of fuel economy, and that market doesn't necessarily care about the Italian marque's sport - bike heritage or the perfect downshift.

Add to that the details we were being provided by the engineer about the high - tech, fragile - sounding stuff inside the engine — the «i - VTEC,» a system of «intelligent» valve timing that allows all 16 valves to open and close at precisely the correct time, for precisely the correct duration; a compression ratio of 11:1, more like a race - car engine than a passenger car; and a fuel injection system so sophisticated that rocket scientists would be scratching their heads.

Meaning the price paid per kg or tonne solar panel delivered to GEO in rocket fuel is about the same cost.

Per tonne lifted it's 300,000 divide by 4 which is about 74,000 kg per ton of payload - 74 tonnes rocket fuel per one ton payload.

So being easily able to reuse rocket from the moon the cost to deliver might equal about 3 to 4 times the rocket fuel used - so cost of $ 600 per kg delivered.

SpaceX Falcon 9: Mass (GTO, 5.2 m fairing): 332,800 kg (733,800 lb) Rocket fuel is about $ 2 per kg so fuel cost per launch is about $ 660,000 SpaceX price per launch is about 60 million if they sell 5 launches per year they would gross about 300 million per year.

Say, for argument's sake, that I am giving a presentation about satellites, and I want to talk about the rocket launchers used to get satellites into Earth orbit and the amount of fuel they consume, and I want to talk about why this is a big number.