Multiple Choice
All current rockets eject stages or booster rockets as they climb from the earth's surface up to orbit. A rocket that did not eject any stages or booster rockets while climbing from the ground to orbit would
A) experience too much drag while in orbit and would be unable to remain in orbit for more than a day or two.
B) not have anything beneath the rocket on which to push and would be unable to propel itself upward after it left the launch pad area.
C) clutter the space around the earth with orbiting debris.
D) have to have a launch weight that was about 90% rocket fuel.
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