Examination of effect of varying exhaust gas velocity so that exhaust gases possess little or no kinetic energy in earth observer's frame of reference; under certain boundary conditions improvement in terminal velocity of 10 to 20% is obtained relative to rocket with fixed exhaust velocity.
Performance of rocket with tapered exhaust velocity
Jet Propulsion
Jet Propulsion ; 27 , n 12 ; p 1264-1266
1957
3 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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