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rob, Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
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This is the mistake I made when I originally did the calculationCame out somewhere in the region of 300mph as I hadn't factored in the mass of it at launch and did a calculation based on the final speed at the end of the first stage, forgetting that the acceleration would keep rising. I've redone my figures though and I can see where I went wrong with this - will try to remember if I have to sue them in the future.
(, Tue 30 Jun 2009, 11:17, 1 reply, 17 years ago)
Yes - makes senseI know that the shuttle dumps the equivalent of an olympic sized swimming pool in a very short time on takeoff.
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