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10 hours ago comment added Ján Lalinský Why would you maintain, in variable mass system, the wrong concept of net force $\mathbf F$ obeying $\mathbf F = d\mathbf p/dt$, which is frame-dependent, and then introduce some other concept of force $\mathbf F_0$ that subtracts the frame-dependent part? The rocket equation can be derived with actual frame-independent physical force $\mathbf F_0$. $\mathbf F$ is just superfluous and misleading.
Oct 13, 2023 at 20:44 history edited NinjaDarth CC BY-SA 4.0
Fixing up the wording and math to correct for typo's.
Oct 13, 2023 at 20:32 history answered NinjaDarth CC BY-SA 4.0