What are orbital rockets made of?
Orbital rockets take 7 things directly, among them aluminum, copper, printed circuit board, microchip, copper wire and oxygen gas. Trace them back and you pass 44 made things on the way to 22 raw materials.
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What goes straight in
From the ground: 22 raw materials
- Crude oil through aluminum
- Coal through aluminum
- Copper ore through copper
- Water through hydrogen
- Air through oxygen gas
- Natural gas through hydrogen
- Bauxite through aluminum, alumina
- Sulfur through copper, sulfuric acid
- Silica sand through printed circuit board, fiberglass
- Limestone through printed circuit board, fiberglass
- Quartz through microchip, silicon wafer
- Tin ore through microchip, tin
- Gold ore through microchip, gold
- Rock salt through printed circuit board, epoxy, chlorine
- Trona through printed circuit board, fiberglass, soda ash
- Lead ore through printed circuit board, solder, silver
- Silver ore through printed circuit board, solder, silver
- Zinc ore through microchip, gold, zinc
- Corn through printed circuit board, fiberglass, soda ash, carbon dioxide
- Timber through microchip, silicon wafer, polysilicon, metallurgical silicon
- Sugarcane through printed circuit board, fiberglass, soda ash, carbon dioxide, baker's yeast, molasses
- Sugar beet through printed circuit board, fiberglass, soda ash, carbon dioxide, baker's yeast, molasses
Made along the way: 37 things
Metals 8
Chemicals and fuels 19
Petroleum cokeSulfuric acidCaustic sodaQuicklimeSoda ashPhenolPropyleneAcetoneChlorineArgonAmmoniaCarbon dioxideBenzeneNaphthaFormaldehydeHydrochloric acidTolueneMethanolCharcoal