Re: Konstantin Tsiolokvsky was wrong?!


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I haven't been following all these follow-ups, but FWIW I get the
maximum (final) speed of the rocket to be e * Log(1 + m1 / m2), where
m1 is the initial mass of fuel, and m2 is the mass of the rest of the
rocket. So a 10:1 ratio of fuel to rest of rocket, with e = 500, would
give a final speed of 1199 m/s, while a 9:1 ratio (possibly what was
meant) would give a final speed of 1151 m/s.

So how long would it take for such to get to the
speed predicted?
Instantly I guess huh?
Since you have no timing factor?.

and.
half way through the entire burn process,
the equation would no longer be valid since then the ratio
would be 5:1 ?
So, you use no timing function of the rocket at all?
It all seems a bit "lost in reality" to me.

Your lack of understanding doesn't, in any way, invalidate the theory.


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