rockets flash cards
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Apogee | the highest altitude a rocket reaches durring flight.
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Ballast | somehting that adds weight in order to improve stability or profortmance.
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Center of gravity | the point on the rocket where all mass appears to be concentrated.
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Center of pressure | the center of all of the drag forces acting upon the rocket.
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Constrain | limit
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Design | to create or construt according to a plan.
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Drag | force that acts between the object and the fluid and sllows the motion of the object.
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Dr. Robert Goddard | known as the father of modern rocketry.
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Hypothesis | an edecated gess
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Laminar airflow | smooth, even airflow around the rocket skin.
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Liftoff | occers when the amount of trust is greater than the weigh of the rocket.
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Propellant | contains both fuel and an oxidzer
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Rocket | a self-propelled device that carries its own fuel.
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Thrust | a force exerted upon or against an object to move it in a specific direction.
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Total Impulse | the trust and direction of the rocket engine burn.
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Turblent Airflow | uneven airflow around the rocket skin increase the amount of drag.
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Velocity | the rate of change of position along a straight line with respect of time.
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Wernher von Braun | in charge of developing the v-2 rocket used during world war 2.
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