The rocket used for the Apollo 11 moon mission was a Saturn booster. It was called Saturn V Rocket. This type of rocket was used for all of the Apollo spaceships. Although the first few rockets were unsuccessful, they slowly became satisfactory. In December 1968, Apollo 8 orbited the world 10 times.
In 1969, Apollo 10 was within 9 miles (14.5 km) of the moon. It was flawless, so NASA decided to land the next rocket on the moon. It is one of the largest, heaviest, most powerful liquid-propellant rockets created up to today. Although the rocket was a success, many things could have gone wrong. In fact, a leak had sprung before they went on the rocket. Luckily, the Apollo 11 mission was perfect.
Now, the Saturn V has been retired. But the idea of hydrogen fuel cells has lived on. Many different ideas have formulated around hydrogen fuel cells. They aren’t hard to find, they could fuel cars leaving no exhaust except water.This could be beneficial, but there are some flaws. It would take a powerful machine to turn the hydrogen into fuel cells and be able to pump them into gas, this requires more energy than it takes to make gasoline. Although, there are some minor setbacks, Apollo 11 has influenced scientists to pursue the idea of hydrogen fuel cells for cars. They have already made hydrogen chargers for phones. Maybe even in the next decade, you will see hydrogen fueled cars. 'If they can send a man to the moon, why can't they fuel cars with hydrogen?" They have already started on the idea, but soon this will be the new form of transportation available to the public at an affordable price. This could be like the Smart Car epidemic.
Did you know that a single fuel cell generates 0.7 volts?
That's enough energy to power a single lightbulb!
That's enough energy to power a single lightbulb!