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How fast will I get if I burn a comet? [closed]
Assuming I have a spacecraft which is $30,000\,\mathrm{kg}$ (roughly the size of the Apollo spacecraft).
If I take a comet and (theoretically) electrolize it perfectly to hydrogen and oxygen. I know ...
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Conservation of Energy in Different Frames of Reference
Say I have a bucket of fuel that can produce 150J of energy by combustion. No matter what frame of reference an observer or the bucket of fuel is in, since the configuration of molecules stay the ...