Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5472379 | Acta Astronautica | 2017 | 10 Pages |
Abstract
An interesting new finding is that in order to accelerate any subatomic “fundamental” particle to its maximum velocity, the particle rocket basically needs two Planck masses of initial load. This might sound illogical until one understands that subatomic particles with different masses have different maximum velocities. This can be generalized to large rockets and gives us the maximum theoretical velocity of a fully-efficient and ideal rocket. Further, no additional fuel is needed to accelerate a Planck mass particle to its maximum velocity; this also might sound absurd, but it has a very simple and logical solution that is explained in this paper.
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Authors
Espen Gaarder Haug,