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Old 01-29-2013, 07:23 PM   #28 (permalink)
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It takes power to accelerate in space just like on earth. If your engine produces 100 hp and your rocket mass is 600 lb your acceleration at 100 mph will be .625 g. At 1000 mph acceleration will be .0625 g

-mort
Good example. Showing a much greater difference in speed than I used in my example makes it very easy to see that given the same power and mass, the higher the speed, the less the acceleration. Before any frictional losses.
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