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Sure, but "the rocket equation" is 100% talking about the classic ideal rocket equation, which I just discovered is also called the Tsiolkovsky rocket equation.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsiolkovsky_rocket_equation

If you want to be more specific, e.g. include gravity then you can't say "the rocket equation".

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    > If you want to be more specific, e.g. include gravity 
    > then you can't say "the rocket equation".

You may not be able to say "the rocket equation" in that context, but NASA does. [1]

[1] https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/exped...

Despite Don mentioning gravity along with deltaV he is obviously attempting to describe the classic rocket equation without scaring people away with the math.

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