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Why do rockets have nozzles?

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Anonymous

15y ago
Updated: 8/16/2019

The nozzle directs the blast from the burning fuel into a propulsion cone that is the most efficient for the engines output.

Without a cone the flow of energy would be unpredictable and would not propel the rocket in the direction desired.

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