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Science & Alternative Science / Re: Do rockets push off the air?
« Last post by Realestfake on Today at 08:04:27 PM »No external pressure outside the rocket?
No plume.
No plume?
No movement.
The end.
If I throw a bowling ball while standing on a skateboard, did I move backwards because of air resistance?
I’m going to make this incredibly simple.
You want to use the “pushing off an atmosphere” idea.
Okay.
Imagine the inside of an engine. The explosive power of the combustion pushes against the inside of the engine opposite of the plume, moving the rocket. No part of that process required an atmosphere.
The rocket is pushing against something inside itself.
Is conservation of angular momentum real to you but general conservation of momentum isn’t?