How Does the Space Shuttle Take Off

question 96

Multiple Choice

How does the Space Shuttle take off?

• A) Its rocket engines push against the launch pad, propelling the shuttle upwards.
• B) by converting mass-energy to kinetic energy
• C) by achieving 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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