Things You Thought You Knew – Up, Up, and Away!

What is the rocket equation? How do airplanes fly? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comic Chuck Nice go through some things you thought you knew about how airplanes fly, x-rays, and how to fuel a rocket.

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Photo Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons