Why is it a rocket🚀 is used to go straight up into outer space and not just use an airplane ✈️ ? I’m sure there is a good reason but it seems that the gradual assent would be preferred over the straight up approach.
In: Engineering
Long story short: airplanes use air as fuel. Rockets have all their fuel built into them. If you fly an airplane high enough it eventually runs out of air and thus fuel and stops working. This is known as the airplane’s ceiling.
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