Just been viewing some of the Apollo landings footage...
There was a sequence where the craft took off from the moon,
and the camera on the buggy filmed it,
I saw a Flash of Flame coming from beneath the rocket as it seperated from the lander and went space wards.
If there is no air out in space, how can there be any sort of flash,
Anyone got a view on this
2006-10-01 12:49:30 · 7 answers · asked by GB123 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
A little note to tommiecat,
The shuttle uses solid rocket fuel, not liquid,
Thats what i thought the Lunar landers where using.......
2006-10-01 13:09:46 · update #1
I am not a conspiracy theorist,
Just looking for an explanation, to the flash of light, from the booster, thats all!!
2006-10-01 13:23:24 · update #2
Very simply. Liquid fueled rocket, carries its' own "air".
More details. The fuel was a mixture of hydrazine and unsymmetrical dimethyl hydrazine. The oxidizer was nitrogen tetraoxide. These propellants are hypergolic, they ignite automatically when mixed, so there's no need for an igniter which could possibly fail.
More:
http://www.clavius.org/techengine.html
2006-10-01 15:35:23 · answer #1 · answered by Bob 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The flame is from liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen stored in tanks. Both are fed to a rocket engine to be burned and produce thrust. The same thing is done today with the space shuttle the big brown tank holds liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen.... Note back only the 2 boosters use solid fuel the engines on the shuttle use liquid fuel
2006-10-01 13:05:59 · answer #2 · answered by Tommiecat 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The flash is forced out from the chamber, the ingniting occurs inside where there is oxygen mixed with the fuel.
There was no moons landings all faked im afraid, why was there no burn crater under the landing module, why did shadows go in different direction even thought there was 1 light source, why wern´t the astronauts faces fried when they didn´t use the Gold anti radiation protection visor on some occasions etc etc...
2006-10-02 04:04:28 · answer #3 · answered by Ganymede 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The LM engine exhaust was clear, but maybe not at the instant of ignition. When the engine first ignites the fuel mixture may be wrong for a second or so, before it stabilizes. A poorly burning flame is red and smoky compared to the well burning flame.
2006-10-01 13:43:07 · answer #4 · answered by campbelp2002 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rocket fuel is a mixture of the fuel and oxygen. That WILL show up when blasting out of the rockets nozzle.
2006-10-01 12:53:19 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Well Dear...............most people here in My part of the world don't really think that the Americans actually went to the moon; most of the footage being filmed in the studio.
Try reading some books about it and make up your own mind.
Dorothy Mills (Mrs)
2006-10-01 12:56:57 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
Oh dear...the conspiracy theorists are online again...how boring.
Actually I think I'm in the same 'part of the world' as Mrs Mills (England..if that's where she really is...)...& I don't share her views.
PS I'm onto you Mrs Mills...I don't think you are quite what you seem...I think you're a figment of your own imagination.... :)
EDIT: Apologies GB123...but this question made it seem like you were a conspiracy theorist...
2006-10-01 13:00:25 · answer #7 · answered by Mr Crusty 5 · 2⤊ 3⤋