Not one of you want to address the silly gauge video offered up...what is the scientifically established protocol in tapping a gauge, in terms of both number of taps administered, frequency of taps, force of taps, etc...
I genuinely don't know what you think there is to address here. On a manual gauge the needle can get stuck, tapping it can help check it's reading correctly. This was pretty much the first thing I found when I Googled it. What is your issue here?
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/9v9nwx/til_when_you_tap_on_a_gauge_or_meter_to_see_if_it/
errr...I clearly wrote out what I want you to address.
You, being the self-avowed CHAMPION OF SCIENCE (you know, that stuff you complain FE ignores?) should be able to provide a scientifically established protocol (peer-reviewed, documented crapola...you know, the type you CLAMOR FOR!) for the process of gauge tapping, when a gauge, such as the one in the pretty video here:
https://forum.tfes.org/index.php?action=post;quote=201754;topic=15502.80;last_msg=202345doesn't work.
According to you rocket surgeons, the reason why a rocket works in a vacuum is that mass is being expelled and the rocket travels in the opposite direction of the expulsion.
Why does the mass need to be on fire for it to work?
It's about generating a force in one direction which causes an equal and opposite force in the other. Newton's third law.
Controlled explosions are a pretty efficient way of generating that force. It's basically how cars work too - the mixture of fuel and air is ignited, that explosion creates the force that ultimately makes the car move. If you can invent a way of generating significant amounts of force in a different way then you'll be a bazillionaire.
Holy crap...
Now, it's controlled explosions...
LMMFAO!
So, a balloon expelling air is a controlled explosion...
A man, sitting on a rolling office chair, pushing against the medicine ball while at the same time tossing it (it is actually the force of pushing against the medicine ball, giving rise to the reactionary force of rolling away from that point) is now an explosion.
You really are TOO MUCH!!!
Rockets don't work in a vacuum.
Multiple videos have been posted showing quite clearly that they do. If you still refute this and want to do your own tests to demonstrate your position then I look forward to seeing the results.
Actually, no...multiple videos have been posted showing rockets work in the atmosphere...not so much in work in space.
Even the X-15 shut off once it reach a certain height...which truly, no man, woman, child, or animal, has exceeded since.
You haven't even addressed your bogus video with the sticky gauge...and your attempt to provide an explanation containing the phrase CONTROLLED EXPLOSION in terms of rocketry was quite laughable...
Please continue.