How Does the Space Shuttle Take Off

question 17

Multiple Choice

How does the Space Shuttle take off?

• A)by achieving lift from its wings in the same way that airplanes do
• B)by converting mass- energy to kinetic energy
• C)Its rocket engines push against the launch pad, propelling the shuttle upwards.
• D)Hot gas shoots out from the rocket and, by conservation of momentum, the shuttle moves in the opposite direction.
• E)The hot rocket exhaust expands the air beneath the shuttle, propelling it forward.

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