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only rocket engines can be propelled to space why


Mohseen Shaikh 14th Sep, 2019
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Shubham Kumar Gupta 17th Sep, 2019

Hello Mohsheen, Greetings!

Well, you only need two components for a combustion reaction: the fuel and the oxidizer. Most space rockets carry their own fuel and oxidizer with them into space, so they don’t rely on the availability of oxygen out there. Furthermore, you don’t necessarily need fire to provide thrust to a rocket; you can obtain thrust by simply ejecting ‘mass’ out of the rocket.

So, since fire need oxygen to burn, only rocket engines can be propelled to space.

Thank you.

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