How Does the Space Shuttle Take Off

question 75

Multiple Choice

How does the Space Shuttle take off?

• A)Its rocket engines push against the launch pad propelling the shuttle upwards.
• B)It converts mass-energy to kinetic energy.
• C)It achieves lift from its wings in the same way that airplanes do.
• 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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