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How to account for burned fuel mass when calculating spacecraft acceleration?
I thought I could simply remove half of the burned fuel mass to account for the mass lost during the engine burn. But I could not find a Newton's Second Law formula Calculator that would allow that, ...
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Amount of fuel for accelerating a spaceship
Suppose I have a spaceship and fire up its engines, accelerating to 10000 km / h. Now I turn off my engine and see I have consumed 10 % of my fuel (90 % left). How much fuel does it take to ...
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