Why don’t we put air intakes on the lower stages of rockets? Submitted by Squiggin1321 t3_11eawzi on February 28, 2023 at 3:23 PM in space 14 comments 3
ModsAreBought t1_jacyojr wrote on February 28, 2023 at 3:28 PM Air is mostly nitrogen. And they need a whole lot of 02 to mix with the fuel in the right ratio in order to get the proper thrust. It's just not that feasible in the few minutes they're even in the atmosphere Permalink 5
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