Newton's Third Law of Motion: A question for willing teachers

as far as a real world scenerio goes, I think any force you generate on the ship by throwing the brick would get bled off as heat. Think of how much mass has to be effected as a result of this. every intermolecular bond has to register this push. and every intermolecular bond will turn a little bit of this force into heat as they strech and contract ever so slightly. I think the net effect on the ship would be zero. I dunno if you are looking for this kind of answer or an ideal one. not trying to be a wang . Just giving another perspective.
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Can you give me the equations to describe this?

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Paul
 
This is the principle behind the 'mass driver' concept.

Now suppose, you throw the entire spaceship out the back....

WHoA.:eek:
 
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