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Originally posted by Boba Rhett

hmmmm..... SNES.

 

 

 

How do rockets, thrusters, boosters of any kind, etc. work in space?

 

DO NOT SAY, "I DON'T KNOW"!

 

It's painfully disturbing how many people don't know. :rolleyes:

 

This is for you Rhett,

 

It's the laws of physics at work. For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. So when a force is exerted from the thrusters it not only acts on the surrounding particles in space (which is very few) but there is also a reaction that acts on the ship or satellite. So the thrusters push the particles in space one way and pushes the Ship/satellite the other way. Due to the lack of particles in space (vacuum), there is little to no friction on the ship or satellite so the ship/satellite will continue to accelerate until the burn(or thrusters being fired) is complete, it will then remain at this speed until either the thrusters are fired again in the same direction which will accelerate the ship/satellite even more, or are fired in the opposite direction, in which case it would decellerate the ship or satellite. Of coure according to Sir Isaac Newton's laws of motion, the ship/satellite would travel in a straight line at it's current speed until acted apon by an outside force (i.e. Thrusters, planet or star's gravitational pull, or collision with another astral object).

 

This is how objects in space are propelled. You could actually propel a ship/satellite through space by shaking a can of soda and opening it in space, or even urinating or flatulating. Of course the extreme temperature differentials in space and vacuum would not allow for this to be completed, but in theory it would actually work. :D

 

And to answer krkode's question:

 

I love Novels!

 

In space in orbit around the Earth, would you freeze or Burn without a protective suit (let's assume that the vacuum of space does not effect you, so you won't explode ;) )?

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