Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by wat10000 6 days ago
A partially empty stage wastes mass on propellant tanks sized for the full load. The mathematical ideal would be an infinite number of infinitesimally small stages.
1 comments
londons_explore 6 days ago
Except you pay the weight for the nozzles on each stage.

That makes there be a mathematically optimal number.

link