Essentially, a rocket is able to move up and away from the launch pad because it releases a significant amount of gas from its engines (Leon, 2011 ). As the rocket “pushes” the gas out of its system, the system in turn exerts a force equal to the magnitude exerted by the rocket (Leon, 2011). However, the force exerted by the engine must be greater than the weight of the rocket in order to observe an actual physical displacement of the object, illustrated by the equation Fapplied – Fg = ΣF. In space, rockets can actually perform quite well (Benson, 2014). Even in the absence of surrounding air for the gas turbines and/or propellers, rockets have the ability to generate thrust in a vacuum because an oxidizer, “a type of chemical that a fuel requires to burn,” can be conveniently equipped on the rocket, allowing it to be able to advance and move a certain distance from its initial position (Qualitative Reasoning Group,