We rather to waste a lot more money and time on making many rockets who repeat past experiments to perfection. Instead we could build a large Plasma Rocket space ship on the moon where it could be launch cheaper and safer.
Send astro-naults, scientists, & tourists from the moon as well,
by Wayne Wood
The astronauts land on the moon and also take off from the moon on their Lunar module.
Houston is in the lower portion of Texas, almost off of the Gulf of Mexico.
At 10:39pm EDT, Sunday July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong first set foot upon the moon. 2 hours 36 minutes and 40 seconds later, he was back inside the lunar module. Buzz Aldrin descended the ladder about 15 minutes after Armstrong and re-entered the LM about 15 minutes before Armstrong.
Gravity is weaker because the moon has less mass.
After the sinking of Titanic, an inquiry was put to Officer Rowe regarding the distress rockets and he reckoned he must have shot off about eight. This is interesting because the officers of the nearby SS Californian were inquired about how many rockets they witnessed that same night and their guess was between six-and-ten.
To launch the rocket off the ground and make it go fast.
Rockets are typically launched from facilities called launch pads, which are situated at rocket launch sites or spaceports. These launch pads provide a stable platform for the rocket to lift off vertically into space. Launch pads are equipped with various support systems for fueling, communications, and safety measures.
Most rockets take off from space launch facilities, such as the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, or the Guiana Space Centre in French Guiana. These facilities are specifically designed for launching rockets into space safely.
Actually its the other way around, if a rocket were to launch off the moon it would take less fuel than if it had launched off of earth. It would take less fuel because the moon has lighter gravity.
A place where rockets are launched is typically called a "spaceport" or "launch site." Some well-known launch sites include Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, and Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
The capsule on the tip of the rocket detaches when it leaves the atmosphere of earth, lands on the moon, then the capsule blasts off the moon and lands in the ocean in a "splashdown".
Rockets are often painted with bright colors and fun designs to appeal to kids. For younger children, interactive exhibits about rockets can help teach them about space exploration in a hands-on way. Kids can build and launch their own model rockets as a fun and educational activity.
Lauch pads aren't essential for take off. All a rocket needs to take off is thrust. If, by "rockets", you're referring to a propelled projectile, then rockets with no guidance capabilities need the lauch pad to establish a trajectory. In space, it's a different ballgame. With practically no gravity, a rocket launched from a launch pad similar to one here on Earth would also be lauched. With a lauch pad on Earth, the Earth mass keeps it from travelling in the opposite direction. A lauch pad in space would need thrust of its own to maintain position during a launch. Visit NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) site at http://www.jpl.nasa.gov for mind-blowing information on this and other space topics. They've got some cool toys there, too.
Rockets launch by igniting their engines, which produce a powerful thrust to overcome Earth's gravity and lift the rocket off the ground. The thrust generated by the engines pushes the rocket upward, allowing it to break free from the pull of gravity and ascend into space. The fuel combustion and the expulsion of exhaust gases provide the force necessary for liftoff.
Your question is very broad. One of the things a rocket takes off from is called a launch pad. Launch pads are the place where rockets take off. But the things that cause it to take off are completely different. A rocket takes off or 'launches' from a concept called thrust. Thrust is when say I have a ten pound ball that I want to throw directly up in the air. I need to create 10 pounds of energy to launch it and then enough energy to actually get it to where I want to go. Those are the basic things that make a rocket launch.
The space shuttle is a reusable spacecraft that can launch like a rocket but can also land like an airplane. Rockets are typically one-time use vehicles that are not designed to return to Earth intact. Additionally, the space shuttle can carry astronauts and cargo to space, whereas rockets are mainly used for payload delivery.
Launch Off to War was created on 2003-07-15.