Originally Posted by Tha Q.

you don't understand how Newton's 3rd law of motion works...and you're not understand why there ISN'T a crater...It's the same explanation why there aren't dust plumes.

When the rocket lands, the thrusters will not create a crater because there is no air in between where the Rockets are and the ground...It's the pushing down of AIR that creates dust plumes...

and when the rocket takes off, the gas from the thrusters Push against the rocket itself, not the ground or the air...how else do u think thrusters work in absolute space where there is ZERO AIR...


WE WENT TO THE MOON.

PS...and it's not gravity that makes things LEAVE the ground, but gravity is the force that pulls things inward toward the ground.--other forces aren't applicable in this situation--ie., centrifugal and centripetal forces...

Im talkin str8 gravity.