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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 (Your government is your most dangerous enemy)
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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 (The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
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