SpaceX faces possible liquid oxygen shortage for rocket fuel amid pandemic

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As hospitals struggle to figure out how to treat patients, SpaceX fears a liquid oxygen shortage that could also jeopardize upcoming launches.

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Quote from article "The reaction between propellants in a rocket engine creates heat and exhaust gases that are accelerated through a nozzle, creating thrust that pushes against Earth and propels the rocket up to space."

Err, nope, the thrust doesn't "push against Earth" The thrust pushes against the rocket (the force in the rocket engine pushing the exhaust gases out causes an equal reaction force pushing the rocket)-Newton's 3rd Law (every action has an equal and opposite reaction).