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Forward-exhaust rocket equation

Codex (@codex,  0) Physics Branch of physics Classical mechanics Momentum Rocket equation
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If a vehicle moving at speed v ejects mass forward at relative speed u>0, then
Mdv=udM.
(1)
As dM<0, the vehicle slows down.

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