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What is the composition of the fuel used for the Odyssey mission and how much is needed to send it on its way to Mars?

April 26, 2017composition FUEL mars mission needed ODYSSEY send Used

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What is the composition of the fuel used for the Odyssey mission and how much is needed to send it on its way to Mars?

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Jordan Hawker Cranbrook Middle School Bloomfield Hills, MI ANSWER: The Boeing Delta II launch vehicle has three types of rocket engines. The first is a solid fuel booster nine of which are attached to the main body of the Delta II, when all their fuel is used they are jettisoned from the rocket. In total 233,433 lbs. of HTPB fuel is used for these. The first stage of the main engine uses 211,000 lbs. of liquid RP-1 bipropellant. The second stage of the main body is restartable and performs for two burns, 13,228 lbs. of Aerozine fuel is used in total for both. For more information please check out these links. Link: http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/odyssey/mission/vehicle.html http://www.boeing.com/defense-space/space/delta/delta2/delta2.htm http://www.boeing.com/defense-space/space/delta/delta2/d2performance.htm http://mars.jpl.nasa.