Did you
know?
•A very common misconception is that rocket engines need an atmosphere to create
thrust/acceleration (forward movement).
•However, this is not how rocket engines
(solid or liquid) operate.
•Thrust is created using
Netwon’s 3rd law of motion: “When one body
exerts a force on a second body, the second body
simultaneously exerts a force equal in magnitude
and opposite in direction on the first body.”
•In the case of a rocket engine, it’s the
expelled, expanding, hot gases exiting from the nozzle at high velocity, that pushes against and opposite the rocket body, that
creates the acceleration forces.
Rocket Body
Expanding Gases
Opposite Force
