How Do Rockets Work? (Featuring KSP)

This week Reactions makes first contact with the kerbalnauts! Through the fun of Kerbal Space Program, we examine the chemistry of rockets. Featuring Doane College Postdoctoral Fellow Raychelle Burks, Ph.D., we look at solid and liquid propellants and the “ride-able explosion” that is a rocket launch.

For more fun with Kerbal Space Program, check out EnterElysium's channel: http://youtube.com/EnterElysium

Video Credits: NASA, Videoblocks.com

Music:
Fanfare for Space, Frost Waltz; Kevin Macleod (incompetech.com)

For more from Dr. Burks, check out her other appearances on Reactions:

Inside the Game of Thrones poison, "The Strangler": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UNEpRXcxM4

Zombie Apocalypse Survival Chefmistry:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUEjmyisz7c

And find her on Twitter at http://twitter.com/drrubidium

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