
Propulsion moves things like spacecraft or jet planes forward by pushing something out of the back. Think of a balloon that you blow up and then release. The air rushing out of the back pushes the balloon forward. This happens because of a phenomenon described by Sir Issac Newton: "every action has an equal and opposite reaction."
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