Texts: Rockets achieve high speeds by using the momentum from their exhaust. The exhaust is a small amount of mass moving backwards at some velocity -v, so the rocket gains forward velocity to conserve momentum. Can the speed of the rocket exceed the exhaust velocity of the fuel?
Options:
A.) Yes. The rocket continually gains speed as long as the fuel is available.
B.) No. The rocket can only push away from the gas particles as quickly as the gas particles exit the rocket.
C.) There is not enough information here to answer.