Reaction And Momentum Conservation | Action

She calculated the mass split: thirty tons ejected, twenty tons retained. The action: thirty tons at 500 m/s. The reaction: twenty tons at… she did the math. 750 m/s. Not much, but enough to shift their vector out of the meteor swarm’s path.

She ordered the crew to the forward cargo lock. Six of them, in suits, grunting and sweating in zero-G, unbolted the batteries one by one. Each battery was a chunk of potential momentum. action reaction and momentum conservation

“Yes, there is.”