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What is the average rate of fuel consumption for the space shuttle?
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The solid rocket boosters each consume propellent at a rate of about 11,000 pounds per second. The 3 main engines on the orbiter combined consume about 1000 gallons on liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen per second, draining the 520,000 gallon external fuel tank in the 8 1/2 minutes of powered flight
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When the Space Shuttle was transported atop a 747 was the Space Shuttle full of fuel?
No.
How much does the fuel on a space shuttle cost?
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In space what kind of fuel is used by space shuttle?
The fuel is monomethylhydrazine(MMT) and the oxidizer is N2O4.
What kind of fuel does the space shuttle use?
A space shuttle uses a combination of liquid oxygen and liquid nitrogen.
What type of fuel does the space shuttle need?
It uses rocket fuel
How does the space shuttle carry enough fuel for a mission?
The space shuttle uses liquid nitrogen and liquid oxygen as fuel. Generally a sufficient quantity of fuel is carried but if need be re-fuelling can be done in space.
What is the average fuel consumption of the 2006 Honda Accord?
The average fuel consumption of the 2006 Honda Accord is 10 km per liter of fuel. This includes in calculation the fuel consumption in crowded areas and the fuel consumption in regular areas.
What is the fuel for the rockets that carries the shuttle to space?
High octane jet fuel.
What does the Space Shuttle used to place a satellite into space?
A liquid fuel tank
What does the space shuttle use to place a satellite into space?
A liquid fuel tank
How do space shuttles get payload back to earth?
When the space shuttle goes through the atmosphere, the space shuttle can then by itself land safely because no fuel will be needed. You can use the atmosphere of the earth to slow the space shuttle down allowing it land safely with the payload. The payload will still be on the space shuttle because it won't be removed, only the equipment will be removed from the space shuttle. The shuttle has to do no work whatsoever when bringing it back to earth because it won't be needing fuel when landing on earth.
What types of fuel power the space shuttle?
fossil fuels
