Turbopump

Okay kiddo, do you remember how we blow up balloons by blowing air into them? Similarly, rockets need to have fuel pumped into their engines. However, rockets need to pump much more fuel much faster than we can blow air into a balloon. That's where a turbopump comes in!

A turbopump is a special type of pump that sits inside a rocket engine and helps pump fuel into the combustion chamber. It's made up of two main parts: the turbine and the pump.

The turbine is kind of like a fan that is powered by gases in the rocket's exhaust. The hot gases come out of the combustion chamber and spin the turbine really fast, kind of like wind spinning a windmill.

As the turbine spins, it powers the pump which pushes the fuel into the combustion chamber at very high speeds. This allows the rocket engine to produce the amount of thrust it needs to launch and fly.

So, in summary, a turbopump is a really important part of a rocket engine that helps pump fuel into the engine so that it can launch and fly. It's made up of a turbine and a pump, and works kind of like a fan that is powered by the rocket's own exhaust.