To: Moonman62
Even rockets sometimes use highly refined kerosene rather than hydrogen.It has to do with how much energy you get back from a unit mass of fuel. Because you have to lift the fuel, it frequently makes sense to use the most energetic fuel you can.
18 posted on
04/08/2015 8:33:33 AM PDT by
from occupied ga
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To: from occupied ga
Which is why kerosene only seems to used in first stages like the Saturn V.
19 posted on
04/08/2015 8:35:19 AM PDT by
Moonman62
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