First US lunar lander in more than 50 years rockets toward moon with commercial deliveries

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There's no need for back pressure of any sort.

This is the error in your assessment.

Here's an exceedingly clever experiment, which stimulates the removal of the atmosphere with a rocket.

Rockets can't work in the vacuum of space science experiment.

Notice how the rocket jumps backwards when the parachute comes out. The equal and opposite reaction that doesn't occur with the rocket.