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Re: New idea Laser launcher/scoop systems
- To: KellySt@aol.com, kgstar@most.magec.com, stevev@efn.org, jim@bogie2.bio.purdue.edu, zkulpa@zmit1.ippt.gov.pl, hous0042@maroon.tc.umn.edu, rddesign@wolfenet.com, David@InterWorld.com, lparker@destin.gulfnet.com, bmansur@oc.edu
- Subject: Re: New idea Laser launcher/scoop systems
- From: T.L.G.vanderLinden@student.utwente.nl (Timothy van der Linden)
- Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 17:40:16 +0100
>>Kelly, how did you calculate these numbers?
>>
>>Tim
>
>found the equation.
>
>A.1 The rocket equation
>
>The "rocket equation" tells you that
>the ratio of rocket mass when full of fuel to rocket mass after
>burning the fuel is:
>
> m(i) / m(f) = exp ( dV / v(e) )
Yups, I already found it when you pointed out where I could find it.