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Question

The fuel tanks of the spacecraft "Discovery" that was launched into space on July 4, 2006 was filled with:

  1. liquid hydrogen only
  2. liquid oxygen only
  3. mixture of liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen
  4. mixture of liquid hydrogen, liquid oxygen and liquid helium

Answer:

Option C: mixture of liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen

Detailed Solution:

The correct answer is “ mixture of liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen”.

The fuel tanks of the spacecraft "Discovery," launched into space on July 4, 2006, were filled with a: (3) Mixture of liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen