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Ep. 479: Rockets pt. 1- What Does “Single Stage To Orbit” Really Mean?
365 Days of Astronomy - Weekly Edition
English - February 20, 2018 19:33 - 40 minutes - 36.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsNatural Sciences Science astronomy space science planets supernova black holes telescopes telescope Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Previous Episode: Ep. 478: Apollo 8 with Paul Hildebrandt
Next Episode: Ep 480: Rockets pt. 2- Multi-stage Boosters
To celebrate the launch of the Falcon Heavy, we figured it was time for an all new series, this time on the rockets that carry us to space. Today we're going to talk about why single stage to orbit rockets are so difficult to carry out.