Of course it's a matter of belief.
Truth is a matter of belief.
It really isn't.
You believe the earth is flat. I believe it is a globe (fine, oblate spheroid, let's not nit-pick).
There are only two possibilities here, either one of us is wrong or both of us are (it could be a third shape).
We cannot both be correct because the shape of the earth is what it is, regardless of your or my or anyone else's belief.
Truth like that is objective and completely separate from what anyone believes.
Since we have a disagreement about said shape of the earth, the truth of it remains a matter of belief.
Yes, the rockets I launched came down.
I see. That's it, is it?
Primarily.
So because you personally don't have access to rockets which are able to achieve escape velocity that means no-one does and it's not possible?
First, there is no such thing as "escape velocity."
There is no earthly craft capable of generating the power necessary to propel any object to a speed of 7 miles per second.
Having written that, I am unaware of any rockets failing to return to the earth.
So my car does not go as fast as 200mph, I don't believe any of my friends has a car which goes that fast.
Ergo, no car can go that fast.
Is that valid logic?
No it isn't and it is good I am not exercising that type of logic.
It has been demonstrated numerous times by video that rockets energized in a vacuum chamber do not operate.
I asked you to provide an example, not just state something without evidence.
I have provided the evidence for my case. Your turn.
You actually presented evidence supporting my position.
The little funny gauge tapping video demonstrates faulty equipment and there are numerous other videos posted by others here in this forum demonstrating the failure of rocket engines in a vacuum.
Free expansion dictates that gas vented into a vacuum performs ZERO work.
You obviously miss the intakes for the jet engines located at the rear near the tail of the shuttle.
Or are you doing the reverse? Can you provide some evidence that the shuttle has jet engines? You are asserting that the noise is that of jet engines, there's plenty of photos and video of shuttle landings, can you find some which clearly shows (not just from the audio) that it has jet engines working as it lands? And even if that was true, so what? Do you have any evidence that the Shuttle can take off like a plane does? I note you have provided no evidence for any of your assertions about the Shuttle.
See the bulbous areas by the tail?
Those bulbous areas house jet engines.
Why would you expect to see jet engines working in a video?
What does that even mean?
When I see a video (with accompanying audio) of a jet landing, I hear the jet engines working.
The shuttle videos I have seen offer the same exact sound...
The shuttle did go to great heights above the earth when operational. Never denied that.
You asked where did the shuttle land?
Where has it landed?
Regular airstrips and even dry lake beds, if I recall correctly.