Abstract: The efficiency with which any system uses available energy is often an important measure of the performance of that system. Rockets operate by transforming carried energy of various forms into useful kinetic energy of the payload portion of the vehicle. The efficiency of this transformation is usually not examined in favor of maximizing the change in velocity, V, of the rocket vehicle. However, missions such as launch vehicles, interplanetary missions or other complex trajectories where the initial mass of the vehicle is a large economic driver...
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Aeronautics
Aerospace engineering