Timeline for What is the purpose of building multistage rockets, rather then packing more fuel into a single stage?
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| Aug 23, 2018 at 19:51 | comment | added | Mark | Agree, this would get my +1 if it contained a short description of the rocket equation. | |
| Aug 23, 2018 at 18:44 | comment | added | Carl Witthoft | True, but short on details. You should at least link to the en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsiolkovsky_rocket_equation | |
| Aug 23, 2018 at 12:17 | comment | added | SF. | ...especially that the mass that reaches the orbit is of order of 5% or less of the launch mass. It's pretty hard to make a rocket that would weigh less than 5% of the fuel it carries, never mind fitting any meaningful payload in that! | |
| Aug 23, 2018 at 1:16 | comment | added | david62225 | Searched specifically for this and it seems to be the case. Thanks. | |
| Aug 23, 2018 at 1:15 | vote | accept | david62225 | ||
| Aug 23, 2018 at 1:02 | history | answered | Andy | CC BY-SA 4.0 |