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Alright, I understand this so far. But what is the calculation to find the time to travel a specified distance?

No, I haven't had Calculus or Physics, they never offered it when I went to school, and I can't get approval to attend here at the college (requisites I can't pass). I am very interested in physics and things of that nature, but unfortunately, interest is not a major in college... =( So, in...

Or more precisely, what claculation would I use to find the distance traveled? I have an Excel sheet open to help me with these calculations, so as long as I can input into that to use as a reference, I'm cool

Thanks you. That part is done, now how about distance? Do you or anybody else know how to calculate distance being traveled as speed increases? We'll assume that we are using an Ion Propulsion system with limitless amount of fuel to use (or so much as to make no difference for a long time)...

ok, I think I have it, but let me try here... If I have an engine that has a force of 1500N (150kg), and a Space vessel with a mass of 250 Tonnes (250,000kg), traveling for 48 hrs. (172,800 seconds). Then it would look like this; a = F / m a = 1500 / 250,000 a = 0.006 v = u + at v =...

ok, thanks... I'll have to write this stuff down and see if I can wrap my noggin around it. But you have helped out, so thank you for your time. I'll have to reply to see if I can understand it properly.

I am playing around here at home and was thinking about how thrust works. This is assuming we are in space... Let's say I had a mass of 10 metric tons (including the engine) and an engine that produces 100kg of thrust (I don't know if you would refer to it in seconds, minutes, or hours). But...