>>11730790Know what's a bigger "oops"? The fact rockets don't work in space.
When you use logic, reason and actual real science, you realize rockets only work (definition: propel themselves forward) inside an atmosphere. This means they don't work in space. Oh, you're a believer and think rockets really do work in space? Well, sorry for shattering your fantasy world, but it needs to be done.
The plain truth is they don't and can't work in a real vacuum. Any claims of the contrary is a fraud and a lie.
>inb4 you parrot "newtons 3rd law!" like an NPC without any thought involvedThat law /isn't/ in dispute here. Appealing to it to "prove" rockets "work in space" shows you don't grasp the fundamental problem here. The 3rd law is 100% correct. When asteroids floating in the vacuum of space crashes into each other, the 3rd law applies. Likewise, the law applies to objects interacting on the ground on Earth, underwater, and in the sky. The 3rd law is 100% real, but it doesn't "do" anything for a rocket when its engine is fired in a perfect vacuum.
You see, the atmosphere gets thinner at higher elevation until it disappears completely (out in space). That's the issue is here! And you can't get around that issue. Parroting "newtons's 3rd law!" or throwing math equations around, doesn't magically make the issue go away. That's just you avoiding to deal with reality. Man up and stop avoiding reality.
If you're currently under the "rockets work in space! xd!" spell they cast on you through the entertainment industry and educational system (the indoctrination system), and you want to break free from that spell and shatter the illusion - then see these two educational videos (they play inside your browser):
1st vid:
https://files.catbox.moe/dl9ldw.webm2nd (also important):
https://files.catbox.moe/so2rrt.mp4Once you know that stuff, then you know beyond any doubt rocket technology will never be viable outside of Earth.
