. That's actually a poor example; I actually worked on a continuous-thruster orbit-raising model problem in grad school :)
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deleted for misuse of 'delta-v', but doubt your thruster had mixed symmetric + & - impulses, & + won via 'compound interest'
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not if + & - deltas mixed! it seemed you were suggesting compound interest benefits small + deltas over small - deltas…
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I see what you're getting at with point about mixed +ves and -ves...

