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How do you know how much thrust is needed to launch a rocket? I know it deppends of weight, but is there some kind of formula that represents a certain amount of thrust per pound?
A:
Rocket scientists have a lot of equations to calculate every aspect of a rocket launch. It's very complicated to get a rocket to space: it needs a lot of thrust to fight the Earth's gravitational pull and even more to reach escape velocity, but all that thrust needs fuel, and all that fuel adds weight.
Posted on October 31, 2014 at 6:52 pm
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