video thumbnail 5:26
Tutorial: Rocket Science! (plus special announcement)

2012-02-13

[public] 984K views, 14.0K likes, 295 dislikes audio only

The basic physics behind how rockets work! (plus a special announcement)

Perimeter Institute: http://www.pitp.ca

VomitPhysics video: /youtube/video/T7JLXg7yGx0

"Milkman" by freddiew: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eFDra1XimA&list=PL627F181E0CB37E19&index=2&feature=plcp

Bottle rocket video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5En8uBdKM4

For more detail on rocket physics: http://www.real-world-physics-problems.com/rocket-physics.html

Floating on mercury image: http://wordpress.mrreid.org/2009/09/11/floating-in-mercury/

Molten lead image: http://www.boattripsiona.com/news.htm

minutephysics is now on Google+ - http://bit.ly/qzEwc6

And facebook - http://facebook.com/minutephysics

And twitter - @minutephysics

Minute Physics provides an energetic and entertaining view of old and new problems in physics -- all in a minute! Created by Henry Reich