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In previous chapters in this book, we explored how to model the motion of cars, boats, and airplanes. Now it’s time to leave the confines of the lower atmosphere and learn about the physics of rockets. Rockets have been around for 800 years or so. At first they were used mostly for military purposes, but starting in the twentieth century, people have used rockets to explore the solar system or to put satellites into orbit.
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(2005). Rockets and Missiles. In: Physics for Game Programmers. Apress. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4302-0021-5_11
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