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Old 10-04-2017, 11:58 PM   #20
MrTim
 
Join Date: Jul 2005
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Default Re: [Spaceships] simply fuel math...

Just above that box on p. 189 of Transhuman Space, we have:

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Delta-V
This is the approximate maximum speed to which the vessel can accelerate using half its reaction mass, retaining the other half to decelerate.
That "half" is why it's 0.003 and not 0.006.
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