We have a much easier time launching rockets cause we kinda just let them go and they fall right on out into space by themselves
this post was submitted on 22 Feb 2025
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But how are you going to space if the pointy end is down and the flamey end is up? It should be the other way around!
Don't worry it rotates after falling off the launchpad so that it can accelerate horizontally from the start.
Your right on paper, however cause we are on the under side of the flat earth we have to lunch them this way, other wise you get places like the Eiffel Tower just sprouting on the other side
How do you circularize the orbit?
Easy. First one way. Then the other way.
Circularize ?
So do I upvote or downvote? 😁
both, obviously. that results in a sideways number.
Which is really how things are launched anyway, right?
Hahaha
Finally we can explore what’s in space down there. Way too much time focused on the space above us
All they have to do is let go of the thing
Welcome to the club
Australia is technically already in the club, but that was a single orbital launch of a British rocket back in 1971.
Australia: 1, New Zealand: ~~60~~ 54 (and counting!)
Edit: Forgot to subtract off the Wallops launches. I'm sure NZ will hit 60 launches soon!
Crazy how you can't even see the retention structure. What a modern marvel, truly. 😱
Retention structure?
Yeah, that cutting-edge* tech that holds the rocket onto the planet.
- Aliens?