Explain the gaseous products of said engine

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Some people have argued that rocket engines will not work because the gaseous products of said engine, pushing against a vacuum of space, do not perform any work, therefore the engine will not propel anything. Refute this argument. (Hint: consider newton's third law of motion.)

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