What is the difference between a jet airplane engine and a rocket? November 2002 In our September column, we explained how a rocket works in space where there's no air. People generally believe that a rocket must press on air so as to propel the rocket forward, but that's not the case. Briefly stated, a rocket works because of Newton’s third law, which says for every action there is an equal, and opposite reaction. The burning of fuel creates gases at high , which exit from the exhaust nozzle and push the rocket forward. As gases exit the rocket, a reaction force (thrust) pushes on the rocket making it proceed . The faster the gases are expelled from the rocket, the greater the thrust. Think of how a hose creates a force pushing back on the hose as water squirts from it. In fact, jet engines and rockets operate an equivalent general physics principle. Both eject fuel out the back. The momentum imparted to the present exhaust is adequate to the momentum gained by the vehicle, t...
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