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To: taxesareforever

Correct. There is no such thing as engine thrust in an absolute vacuum.

9 posted on 02/25/2018 10:43:58 PM PST by Sontagged (Lord Jesus, please frogmarch Your enemies behind You as You've promised in Your Word)

To: Sontagged

Please elaborate? Mass is mass and it’s inertia must be overcome for it to be moved along, regardless of atmosphere, no?

10 posted on 02/25/2018 11:30:33 PM PST by SargeK

To: Sontagged

Correct. There is no such thing as engine thrust in an absolute vacuum.

Do you think a rifle, fired in an "absolute vacuum" (which space isn't) would recoil? Why not?

If your answer is "yes," a rocket works by precisely the same physical phenomenon.

16 posted on 02/26/2018 4:46:49 AM PST by Campion (Halten Sie sich unbedingt an die Lehre!)

To: Sontagged

“Correct. There is no such thing as engine thrust in an absolute vacuum”

I assume that is in jest.

17 posted on 02/26/2018 4:54:19 AM PST by cymbeline

To: Sontagged

"There is no such thing as engine thrust in an absolute vacuum."

How would you explain our spacecraft and planetary probes reaching the moon (and back) and other planets in our solar system-- pure inertia?

18 posted on 02/26/2018 5:40:31 AM PST by fidelis (Zonie and USAF Cold Warrior)

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