Right, except they weren’t “gaining speed the whole time”. They just kept the speed they had at the end of the last engine burn. Which is still a lot of speed
They kept the energy, together kinetic (related to they speed) and potential (related to their position). They actual speed/velocity has been changing all the time as the energy has been exchanged one for the other.
Right, except they weren’t “gaining speed the whole time”. They just kept the speed they had at the end of the last engine burn. Which is still a lot of speed
They kept the energy, together kinetic (related to they speed) and potential (related to their position). They actual speed/velocity has been changing all the time as the energy has been exchanged one for the other.