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A rocket is fired in deep space, where gravity is negligible. If the rocket has a mass of 6000 kg and ejects gas at a relative velocity of 2000 m/s, how much gas must it eject in the first second to have an initial acceleration of 25.0 m/s?

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25 miles per second worth of gas

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