What would be necessary?
2007-07-30 09:48:47 · 18 answers · asked by deucegizzlo1 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Short answer - no. You'd have to accelerate the exhaust gases to supersonic speeds and carry enough fuel for a trip to at least 65 miles up. Then you have the problem of compressibility as the rocket approaches supersonic speeds, as it would certainly have to. There is also friction heating of the outside surfaces. You'd also need a guidance system of some sort to keep the thing headed in the right direction. This all adds up to a complete re-design and thousands of dollars.
2007-07-30 09:58:53 · answer #1 · answered by kevpet2005 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Certainly not legally! Model rockets are, by law, limited in how high they can fly.
They are also limited by physics -- in order to achieve escape velocity, a rocket needs to keep accelerating for a long period -- most model rockets only get a few seconds of burn. A longer burn time requires more fuel, which pushes up the mass of the rocket, which means more fuel, which means a bigger, heavier rocket, which means more fuel . . . Plus the rocket motors permitted are solid fuel -- like the shuttle boosters -- although the fuel doesn't burn as fast or as hot.
So in the end, you'd have to scratch build a rocket, and it would end up being remarkably similar to the ones NASA builds!
2007-07-30 10:17:15 · answer #2 · answered by Dave_Stark 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I used to build these all the time. The best I've seen could reach a height of maybe 2000 feet. That's a long way from orbit or even sub-orbit - like 2 or 3 orders of magnitude. So I'm afraid the only way to get it to space is to launch it from something that's already up there. Sorry.
2007-07-30 15:33:46 · answer #3 · answered by Larry454 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Boy, are you ever an opimist's optimist.
Gonna spend the big bucks like NASA to shoot a child's rocket 60 or more miles into the threshold of space. How are you going to confirm, or prove that it went that high, guy?
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
2007-07-30 10:29:43 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Easy. Just get somebody to take it on the space shuttle and then they can launch it during a space walk. Of course you will need to modify it for electric ignition because matches don't work in space.
2007-07-30 09:56:17 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No way :) It can't carry enough fuel to get up that high, and the type of fuel it would need would melt the rocket to pieces.
2007-07-30 09:52:09 · answer #6 · answered by Pfo 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It's not a children's hobby...several thousand dollars,a permit to launch,some serious engineering,and alot of luck is necessary...
2007-07-30 09:53:02 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
not a childs rocket But I think you could make your own rocket but it would cost big bucks.
2007-07-30 15:09:12 · answer #8 · answered by Mr. Smith 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, the fuel is different, and it is made out of the wrong materials. it can't even get up as high as an air plane with the fuel source and amount it uses, and even if it did make it past our atmosphere, it would burn up and crumble when it got there
2007-07-30 09:51:35 · answer #9 · answered by prplfae 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I doubt it. Even if you had enough engine power, it would burn up in the atmosphere. Unless you coated it with titanium and added alot of engine power, it might work~
But, hey, anything is possible~
2007-07-30 09:54:03 · answer #10 · answered by Daft Punk 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋