Candle wax and liquid oxygen-powered rocket to launch out of SA
Astrophysicist and cosmologist Dr Brad Tucker explains the complexities of launching rockets out of South Australia.
Aerospace company Southern Launch was due to launch one of the biggest commercial rockets ever launched in Australia this afternoon over the South Australian outback.
The Light This Candle mission is so-called because it deploys propulsion technology that combines candle wax with liquid oxygen.
“Weather is always an issue; you want to make sure the winds aren’t blowing around too much,” Dr Tucker told Sky News Australia.
“The ideal rocket place is a desert at the equator.”
“You also do want predictable weather, which is one of the advantages down there.”
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We need all the supplies of candle wax possible because of Bowen’s net zero renewables that doesn’t supply enough energy at nighttime
single candle power rocket? When do the thick walled lead balloons get employed.....?
Hello Woomera is mid SA.
Brud Tucker was great. Really good interview.
Brad Tucka in the studio
China now has Competition
@GazGuitarz
29 күн бұрын
China are working on a solar electric rocket that they can sell to climate alarmist suckers from the west for massive amount of moola. Hope it doesn't get too cold out in space. .... or should i say in our upper atmosphere?
@lornatodd4750
29 күн бұрын
😅
Looks like the gantry costs more than the rocket!
This should be fun
I've done some research as a rocket hobbyist. Paraffin, "candle wax" and an oxidizer is an excellent rocket fuel. This thing is going to outer space, or I have missed my mark.
Billions for a rocket fart. That should help the starving and Homeless
@oljimeagle6779
29 күн бұрын
nobody cares about those losers..
@1JohnnyUTAH
29 күн бұрын
@@oljimeagle6779 yeah no worries Baldy
Duuuuude... Inside voice. (3/May/2024-6:27pm🇦🇺EST)
'Candle wax and liquid oxygen-powered rocket' 🤔 Zircon & Kinzhal say 🤣😎
Wonder if they will use bees wax to help make it renewable - and I'm being silly here.
I listen to every word Bradley
Oh sht you guys talking boeing ... Better start looking over shoulders...
Yay space news!
The only thing going into space is your mind!
A normal rocket can only exhaust around 10,000mph. Makes you wonder how they got to Mach 23 to get to space??
@veritasliberabitvos454
29 күн бұрын
You said normal. One of the reasons they stage rockets is the first stage has a nozzle for atmosphere while the 2nd stage and up have vacuum nozzle which is a different shape. Then other things like the pressure within the combustion chamber all come into play.
Ein Meilenstein in Sicherheit der Raumfahrt
@danielkaufmann15
16 күн бұрын
Die glauben das ist eine australische Erfindung 🤫🤫🤫
If we are moving in 3 directions at a speed of 695 times the speed of sound why don't we have a tail.
@oljimeagle6779
29 күн бұрын
you are over thinking it.
@UltraPerception
29 күн бұрын
Planets hoover it up with the gravity like the Oort Cloud
@spikeprotein5924
29 күн бұрын
Evolution.
Daydreams
Hey Ausies, don't sell a German invention and Company under your name, otherwise we claim that the drop-Bear is a German invention 😂😂😂
Clockwork Space station coming soon......
Germany on tri i Italia Germany Yuge
🥱 Booooooring no one cares
@GazGuitarz
29 күн бұрын
You miss the excitement of being able to add more debris to the vast amount of space junk orbiting the planet.
@Gavin-qh7li
29 күн бұрын
@@GazGuitarzI haven't seen one piece of debris from the ISS
Ear wax is more explosive