Message from @racecartacocat

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2019-08-28 03:32:33 UTC  

I could be totally wrong but

2019-08-28 03:32:48 UTC  

The very real fact that all observable science requires is that pressure is sealed by a container

2019-08-28 03:33:00 UTC  

That we experience and can demonstrate

2019-08-28 03:33:03 UTC  

ah the vacuum argument

2019-08-28 03:33:13 UTC  

Nothing about space is something we can demonstrate

2019-08-28 03:33:19 UTC  

as in?

2019-08-28 03:33:29 UTC  

The medium is a fairytale

2019-08-28 03:33:43 UTC  

We can demonstrate that rockets work in vacuums

2019-08-28 03:33:48 UTC  

exactly

2019-08-28 03:33:50 UTC  

plus

2019-08-28 03:33:55 UTC  

the atmosphere isn't a constant pressure

2019-08-28 03:34:02 UTC  

it gradually decreases in pressure with altitude

2019-08-28 03:34:04 UTC  

which proves that it is possible to go into space

2019-08-28 03:34:12 UTC  

Via rocket

2019-08-28 03:34:22 UTC  

so there's no huge pressure difference between the edge of our atmosphere and the beginning of a near-vacuum that is space

2019-08-28 03:34:36 UTC  

Oh yeah well my unicorn knows how to use a time machine

2019-08-28 03:34:41 UTC  

?

2019-08-28 03:35:14 UTC  

Rockets don't thrust in vacuums unless you can create a medium to push off

2019-08-28 03:35:24 UTC  

They thrust off themselves

2019-08-28 03:35:28 UTC  

And then it wouldn't be a vacuum

2019-08-28 03:35:35 UTC  

it's not a perfect vacuum

2019-08-28 03:35:40 UTC  

You simply cannot demonstrate it

2019-08-28 03:35:46 UTC  

rockets work

2019-08-28 03:35:46 UTC  
2019-08-28 03:35:52 UTC  

by seperating matter from the craft

2019-08-28 03:35:57 UTC  

this creates kinetic energy

2019-08-28 03:36:02 UTC  

Even if you COULD demonstrate it, your medium doesn't exist

2019-08-28 03:36:04 UTC  

that applies thrust to the craft

2019-08-28 03:36:08 UTC  

So you created a boat with no water

2019-08-28 03:36:09 UTC  

no medium is required

2019-08-28 03:36:16 UTC  

think about it like this

2019-08-28 03:36:19 UTC  

let's say

2019-08-28 03:36:27 UTC  

you are in space, floating, right

2019-08-28 03:36:40 UTC  

no gravity, for all practical purposes a vacuum

2019-08-28 03:36:43 UTC  

now imagine

2019-08-28 03:36:50 UTC  

If you think that small tube is a vacuum you are not being honest with yourself

2019-08-28 03:36:56 UTC  

in front of you, is a large block

2019-08-28 03:36:59 UTC  

if you push off the block

2019-08-28 03:37:07 UTC  

you and the rock will both move in opposite directions

2019-08-28 03:37:13 UTC  

the same is happening with a rocket engine