i_have_no_enemies@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-23 days agoA Stunning Fusion Rocket Could Cut Interplanetary Travel in Half—and We'll Try It in Just 2 Yearswww.popularmechanics.comexternal-linkmessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up174arrow-down16file-text
arrow-up168arrow-down1external-linkA Stunning Fusion Rocket Could Cut Interplanetary Travel in Half—and We'll Try It in Just 2 Yearswww.popularmechanics.comi_have_no_enemies@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-23 days agomessage-square15fedilinkfile-text
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minus-squaregandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 days agothe mass increase due to relativistic effects is really really small, significantly smaller than the weight loss due to fuel consumption, which btw is described by the Rocket Equation.
the mass increase due to relativistic effects is really really small, significantly smaller than the weight loss due to fuel consumption, which btw is described by the Rocket Equation.