What are rockets pushing against in space?

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In order to move, you have to apply an equal force to something else, right? So how can rockets move in space where there are no particles?

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The ignited gases in a rocket engine ARE pushing against something else. That something is the rocket. Gasses are expelled in one direction, the rocket goes in the other. Balanced, as all things should be….

You don’t need any “additional particles”.

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