Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 2 days agoIf you were to launch a rocketship parallel to the earth, on wheels, how big would the ramp have to be to get it into space?message-squaremessage-square23linkfedilinkarrow-up148arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up145arrow-down1message-squareIf you were to launch a rocketship parallel to the earth, on wheels, how big would the ramp have to be to get it into space?Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 2 days agomessage-square23linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squaredwindling7373@feddit.itlinkfedilinkarrow-up17·2 days agoIf fast enough you need no ramp. It just takes off thanks to the curvature of the earth. It just leaves “sideways”.
minus-squareLifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 day agoFor some reason I just pictured a 4 years old running full speed into a sliding glass door. But yeah if the landscape was flat, straight would work with enough thrust/lift to keep you at that vector
If fast enough you need no ramp. It just takes off thanks to the curvature of the earth.
It just leaves “sideways”.
For some reason I just pictured a 4 years old running full speed into a sliding glass door.
But yeah if the landscape was flat, straight would work with enough thrust/lift to keep you at that vector