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Apollo 8 was the first mission to go to the moon, and therefore the first mission that used an LOI. In order to perform the LOI, the astronauts had to mix to chemicals together to use as a hypergolic to fire the engine. What are the names of those two chemicals?
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Kainantu
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It is composed of hydrazine and unsymmetrical dimethylhydrazine in approximately 50-50 proportions by weight. The associated oxidizer is nitrogen tetroxide. General knowledge !
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