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Old 03-02-2020, 02:23 AM  
Mr Pheer
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The article talks a lot about exhaust speed, but it doesn't mention pounds of thrust that the engine develops. Laws of motion still exist in space, spacecraft have mass and you can have 1 million mile per hour exhaust speed but if you don't have enough pounds of thrust to offset the mass of the spacecraft, you won't go anywhere.
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