From: eaglesondouglas@gmail.com   
      
   I was once considering the difficulty of making orbital rockets.  I started   
   out with the idea of mass thrust ratio.  This leads to the possibility of   
   having small little rockets reach orbit as long as the fuel to mass ratio   
   equals or betters the large    
   rockets.  Leading to the observation that little rockets, say 100 lbs are not   
   getting to orbit.  But aircraft launched rockets can reach orbit.   
      
   So what gives.  This might be termed rocket science.  When the rocket goes   
   supersonic there is a rather significant drag. So my question is does a mass   
   to drag ratio relation drive a minima for absolute rocket mass?  Assuming   
   equal specific impulse fuel.   
      
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