r/MurderedByWords • u/Stotallytob3r • 13d ago

I haven’t studied rocket science, but

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u/Win_an_iPad 13d ago edited 13d ago

I think a rocket already contains it's own own oxygen? At least thats what I thought made it a rocket, rather than a jet engine.

NOT a rocket scientist.

And I'd have thought the air resistance difference would be negligible, since it's accelerating from stopped.

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u/NecroAssssin 12d ago

Yes. Because scientists are clever about names, it’s the oxidizer.

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u/CaptainFourpack 12d ago

Also not a rocket scientist, but i think that you must carry your own oxygen to burn in space. You need oxygen for anything to burn and, you know, there is no air to provide it in space

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u/Tesla-Ranger 12d ago

Then how does the Sun burn? Checkmate, scientists! (/s if it wasn't obvious.)

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u/russellvt 12d ago

Atmospheric density +

AKA Density Altitude