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The 22 pages that link to Rocket propulsion, each with the reason it gives.

• Newton's laws of motionRelated: Momentum exchange and changing mass make rockets a revealing application.

• Space RaceNarrower topic: It supplied the basic means for reaching orbit and traveling beyond it.

• Rocket engineNarrower topic: The general principle explains how an engine’s exhaust creates thrust.

• Newton's second lawRelated: The momentum form of the law accounts for thrust as rocket mass decreases.

• BallisticsRelated: Rocket thrust can continue changing motion after launch, unlike free flight.

• ImpulseRelated: Thrust acting over time gives the rocket an impulse and changes its momentum.

• Rocket equationNarrower topic: The equation describes the ideal velocity change of this broader propulsion process.

• Aerospace engineeringBroader topic: Rockets provide launch and maneuvering thrust where air-breathing engines cannot operate.

• Arthur C. ClarkeRelated: Clarke’s early interest in astronautics rested on the physics of rockets.

• Exothermic reactionRelated: Exothermic propellant reactions supply the heat and expanding gases that drive many rockets.

• Newton's third lawBroader topic: The rocket gains forward momentum as its exhaust carries momentum backward.

• Solid-propellant rocketNarrower topic: Solid motors are one implementation of this general propulsion principle.

• Konstantin TsiolkovskyNarrower topic: His calculations showed why rockets, unlike air-breathing engines, can operate beyond the atmosphere.

• Net forceRelated: Thrust and other forces combine to determine a rocket's acceleration.

• OutgassingCompared with: Rocket engines deliberately expel propellant at high speed; ordinary outgassing is usually uncontrolled or incidental.

• Hermann OberthNarrower topic: Oberth analyzed how escaping gases could propel rockets beyond the limits of ordinary aircraft.

• Interstellar travelNarrower topic: Chemical rockets provide the baseline propulsion used by spacecraft, but cannot approach nearby stars quickly.

• Qian XuesenNarrower topic: Rocket propulsion links Qian’s theoretical work to the vehicles China sought to build.

• Theodore von KármánRelated: His later research leadership helped establish organized American rocket engineering.

• AstronauticsRelated: Rockets provide the impulse needed to launch spacecraft and change their trajectories.

• Locomotion in SpaceRelated: Spacecraft use expelled propellant to change velocity where aerodynamic lift and drag are negligible.

• Newton-secondRelated: Engine impulse and thrust over time can be expressed in newton-seconds.