WHAT IS A STARSHIP?
A starship is a spacecraft designed for travelling between planetary systems.
A starship is being developed by the company namely SpaceX under the leadership of Elon Musk(C.E.O and founder of SpaceX).It is a spacecraft and rocket combination that could carry more than 100 people on The red planet called MARS.
AN OVERVIEW:
- At launch, the spacecraft, called Starship, will sit atop a rocket called Super Heavy.
- The combined system will stand 120m (394ft) -tall and is also referred to as Starship.
- With its nosecone and landing fins, the stainless-steel vehicle resembles the rocket ships from the golden age of science fiction.
- At the rear of the 50m (160ft) -long craft are six highly efficient Raptor engines, developed over the course of a decade by SpaceX. The combustion takes place in stages, and the engine's design cuts the amount of propellant that's wasted.
- Towards the middle of the vehicle is the propellant tanks. These feed liquid methane (CH4) and liquid oxygen (O2) to the Raptors.
- Methane is the fuel and oxygen acts as an oxidiser - a chemical that makes the fuel burn. The combination is dubbed methalox.
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