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What is the difference between a space shuttle and a rocket?
Answer The Space Shuttle is a rocket. By definition, a Rocket is a vehicle that burns gas that it carries with it. Where as, a jet airplane burns the oxygen from the air and is not a rocket. The Rocket when it is launched has a liquid fuel rocket engines at the back end of it. It also has two long, solid fuel rocket engines that separate after launch. But the space shuttle is pulled by a rocket.
What is the difference in propultion between an airplane a spacecraft?
A spacecraft need a rocket engine (which is powered by on-board oxygen and fuel) to propel itself, an airplane only needs a jet engine (which only needs on-board fuel as it uses oxygen form the air).
What is the difference in propulsion between an airplane a spacecraft?
Aircraft are driven by air breathing engines whether combustion or jet. All spacecraft must be propelled by rocket or something else that needs no air to perform
Was an airplane or a rocket invented first?
-- The gunpowder rocket was invented around 500 BCE. -- The first successful flight of an airplane was in 1903. So the rocket sneaked past the airplane in line by about 2,400 years.
How is it possible for a rocket to propel itself through space?
This is possible via the conservation of momentum. A rocket ejects matter from its back and this matter carries momentum. To conserve momentum the rocket must gain an equal amount of momentum in the opposite direction. Since momentum is related to velocity this causes the rocket to move. This is basically an application of Newton's third law. You might have been confused with the situation in air. For example an airplane moves through air by pushing air past it (using its propeller). This accelerates the air, and thus increases its momentum. The airplane must therefore gain momentum in the opposite direction, and accelerates itself as well. The only difference between the airplane and the rocket is that the rocket carries the stuff it accelerates (and ejects) while the airplane can use the air that is already present all around it. Note that while this is the basic explanation, the situation with the rocket is made somewhat more complicated by the fact that as the rocket loses fuel it also loses momentum because momentum is velocity times mass and the lost fuel lowers the mass of the rocket. You might want to look up Tsiolkovsky's rocket equation if you want more information.
What is the difference between rocket flight and airplane flight?
A plane needs air, a rocket doesn't.
What's the difference between an airplane and an airplane?
The spelling.
What is the difference between an airplane and a plane?
there is no difference
What is the difference between a glider and an airplane?
See What are gliders on the airplane? answer.
What is the difference between a space shuttle and a rocket?
Answer The Space Shuttle is a rocket. By definition, a Rocket is a vehicle that burns gas that it carries with it. Where as, a jet airplane burns the oxygen from the air and is not a rocket. The Rocket when it is launched has a liquid fuel rocket engines at the back end of it. It also has two long, solid fuel rocket engines that separate after launch. But the space shuttle is pulled by a rocket.
What is the difference between airplane and airplane?
There is noneAnswer'Aeroplane' is British English; 'airplane' is US English.
What is the difference in propultion between an airplane a spacecraft?
A spacecraft need a rocket engine (which is powered by on-board oxygen and fuel) to propel itself, an airplane only needs a jet engine (which only needs on-board fuel as it uses oxygen form the air).
What is the difference between a pocket rocket and a mini dirt bike?
A rocket is cooler:)
What is difference between a rocket a jet engine?
A rocket explodes and a jet doesnt.
What describes the difference between the mechanics of airplane flight and rocket flight?
Airplane flight relies on lift generated by the wings due to the airflow over them, while rocket flight operates by expelling propellant out of the rocket engine to create thrust in the opposite direction. Airplanes need to maintain a certain speed to generate lift, while rockets can function in the vacuum of space where there is no air for lift.
What is a type of rocket that lands like an airplane?
The space shuttle Is a type of rocket that lands like an airplane.
What is the difference in propulsion between an airplane a spacecraft?
Aircraft are driven by air breathing engines whether combustion or jet. All spacecraft must be propelled by rocket or something else that needs no air to perform
