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(I helped save b3ta! rob, Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
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Thing is,
rockets don't have constant acceleration do they?

They provide constant thrust (ish) but their mass changes.
(Shippy likes linebreaks and doesn't care what you think, Tue 30 Jun 2009, 11:42, 1 reply, 17 years ago)
but over a short period
you can assume a constant average acceleration without too much trouble
(I helped save b3ta! Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 30 Jun 2009, 11:49, Reply)
Well
if you're going to be making assumptions... ;)
(Shippy likes linebreaks and doesn't care what you think, Tue 30 Jun 2009, 11:54, Reply)
I'm an engineer
that's what we do
(I helped save b3ta! Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 30 Jun 2009, 11:59, Reply)

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