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Originally Posted by niky
Because that exhaust will always be moving thousands of miles per hour relative to something. And it won't matter. What matters is how fast it is moving relative to the spacecraft. Period.
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Hi niky,
Oh, I have an idea,
try reading this.
You know there are other ways to accelerate a body in space besides throwing mass out the tail pipe. If you use a
microwave engine what would you be measuring your speed against then?
-mort