Re: The opposing rockets and the box

Greg Neill wrote:
So if I read you correctly, what you're saying is that
you don't think that momentum is conserved and that
Newtonian physics is wrong. Does that about sum it up?

No,
I am saying you are not finding the actual reason
the momentum is conserved and yet motion
occurs.
You seem to wish to ignore the momentum of the
larger mass that will have greater KE than it had when
it was "at rest".
:)

--
James M Driscoll Jr
Spaceman


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