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Originally Posted by mort
This is nonsense. 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
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Nonsense?
Jet engines are rated in Thrust (which is really just a Force) rather than Power. With a constant thrust, power increases proportionally to speed. If you eliminate aerodynamic drag by being in space, then Acceleration is constant if Thrust is constant.
This is why he specified a rocket engine (which is a type of jet engine).