How Much Potassium Nitrate is Needed to Propel a 10 kg Rocket into Orbit?

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The discussion centers on the feasibility of using potassium nitrate to propel a 10 kg rocket into orbit. Participants highlight that potassium nitrate serves as an oxidizer, but emphasize the complexity and expense of amateur rocketry. It is noted that achieving orbit has never been accomplished by amateurs, and caution is advised due to the potential dangers of handling potassium nitrate, which can be used in DIY explosives. The conversation concludes with a warning about the unpredictability of such materials and the inherent risks involved. Overall, the thread underscores the challenges and hazards of amateur rocketry endeavors.
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Theoretically how much potassium nitrate would you need to get a 10 kg rocket out of the atmosphere and orbit as at the moment me and a group of highly intelligent freinds are working on a rocket to get out of orbit to prove a point to the man ect ect... and we need help
 
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Potassium nitrate is an oxidizer. Do you mean gunpowder? In any case, if it is even possible at all (its never been done by amateurs), it is certainly not possible by someone asking such a question. Google amateur rocketry. You'll see it is a serius and expensive pursuit undertaken by people who are "amateurs" only in the sense that they aren't getting paid.
 
Please be careful: Potassium nitrate is a favoured ingredient for DIY explosives, and can be lethally unpredictable due to spontaneous combustion...
 
Good advice from Russ and Nik. Thread closed.
 

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