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What powers a rocket? The immediate answer that comes to mind is of course: rocket fuel. The kind of rocket fuel came with the invention of the rocket by the Chinese in the 13th century. They had previously previously discovered an explosive compound called gunpowder. As they continued to find both military and commercial uses for it, they eventually came up with a variant of the original formula that became the first rocket fuel.

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