2007-01-21 19:06:09 · 9 answers · asked by rajalakshmii r 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
a spaceship is a vehicle capable of flying into space.
a rocket is a type of motor that uses solid or liquid fuel and oxygen in a tank to propel it. Most missles are rockets, as are model rockets, and a huge number of other things.
2007-01-21 19:13:08 · answer #1 · answered by Kyle M 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
These 2 things are very different but are related. Rocket is anything that is propelled using fuel or any explosive material. Spaceship is a vehicle - a ship. A spaceship was meant to travel through outer space and this is its very purpose. A spaceship can be propelled by a rocket for it to get out of the earth atmosphere. Rockets can carry anything, a space probe, a satellite, a warhead, just about anything, there is even a "rocket-propelled grenade" in the military.
2007-01-21 19:57:05 · answer #2 · answered by Arcana I 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Actually, the main difference of a rocket and a spaceship is quite simple. A rocket sends of something, like cameras or videos, to the outerspace, to get some documentations on what is in there. On the other hand, a spaceship serves as a "vehicle" for animals and people to go to the outer space. The main difference between the two is that the spaceship contains a living creature in it, unlike the rocket...
2007-01-21 19:13:59 · answer #3 · answered by xander_champ 2 · 2⤊ 3⤋
Apart from the rocket being the motive unit of a space ship the first ventures into space made extensive use of rockets (e.g. the Apollo programme).
The most significant difference is that a rocket is used up in the process of coming into space whereas the so called spaceship is re-useable. The topmost compartment of a rocket (e.g. the russian Sojus) is also sometimes refered to as a spaceship.
2007-01-21 19:54:53 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
A lot! To be fair, the Space Shuttle was designed to carry significant payloads and people into orbit rather than people only into sub-orbit. However there are some key design differences which represent important developments in the future of safe and commercially viable space travel. Firstly, SpaceShipTwo is being built from composite materials not metal, creating major benefits in weight, power output requirements and resilience. Secondly, the feathering mechanism (described above) means that these spacecraft do not require specially designed (and historically unreliable) thermal protection systems used by the Space Shuttle. Thirdly, SpaceShipTwo will be air launched not ground launched. This has important benefits for both safety and environmental impact. SpaceShipTwo is being built following a design brief that deliberately seeks to avoid unnecessary complexity and in particular, moving parts. This is a very different concept than that which applied to the Space Shuttle and one which is key to safety and reliability. SpaceShipTwo?s rocket propellant system will be a single hybrid rocket motor rather than the separate solid and liquid rocket boosters/engines used by the Space Shuttle. There are great safety advantages to the hybrid system which of course needs to develop far less power than the Space Shuttle due to weight and scope of flight.
2007-01-21 20:57:27 · answer #5 · answered by grierGRIER h 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
What Is A Spaceship
2016-11-10 20:46:21 · answer #6 · answered by ? 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The rocket is the engine that propells a spaceship. Spaceship can refer to the rocket and the ship or the hull of the ship itself.
2007-01-21 19:15:38 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
rockets are blasted into a space ship and it is blasted into space!
2007-01-21 19:13:54 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋
it is something that flys
2013-12-05 07:16:39 · answer #9 · answered by Abdul 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋