 Rocket equation (source code)

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= Rocket equation

= Tsiolkovsky rocket equation
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For a body of varying mass $M$ ejecting material at fixed relative velocity, conservation of <momentum> gives a differential relation between $dM$ and the body's change $dv$. Integrating it produces a logarithm of the mass ratio.

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