🚀 ROCKETS
PAGE 1 OF 5 — ACTION AND REACTION
NEWTON'S THIRD LAW
EQUAL AND OPPOSITE
Newton's third law says that when object A pushes on object B, object B pushes back on A with equal force in the opposite direction. A rocket engine blasts hot gas backward. The gas feels a push one way; the rocket feels an equal push the other way. That forward push is thrust.
🚀 3RD LAW
Action and reaction forces come in equal and opposite pairs on two different objects.
BLAST!
PUSH
🔥 Exhaust goes backward
🚀 Rocket gains forward thrust
🚀 Rocket gains forward thrust
PAIR
⚖️ Forces are equal and opposite
🎯 They act on different objects
🎯 They act on different objects