the third park of the spaceship is operating at space,but using the newton's first law,it did not need the force to make the ship back anf forth since there's no any air,so there are no any friction.
It is because the first stage rocket needed to push the second and third stage rocket, together with the spacecraft to go up. There was a large total mass, hence a large force, and larger power was required.
After the first and second stage rockets burnt out and be thrown off, the third stage rocket only needed to push the spacecraft. The mass involved was thus much less. A smaller force, and a smaller power was sufficient.