/sci/ - Science & Math

>>15703233

>>12771483
You know that gif of Link tossing a bomb and riding the explosion using his shield? It's that

>>12559238
ONE OF THESE DAYS

>>12292946
thats usable

>>12054547
Based and nookpilled

>>12026787
This, super Earth challenges would be even more advantageous for those who conquer them, you've basically leapfrogged into interplanetary flight by necessity

Look at us in comparison, some trips to the moon and, 40 years squandered in LEO and MUH NUKES BAD so no NPP engines, our relative ease of taking off from Earth has led to a slow crawl out of this godforsaken gravity well

>>12013156
The only more fuck you way of leaving the Earth's surface than via SRB's

>>11815432
Based.

>>11685632
Based. Chemical, while not the best overall, is the best we can do right now. Trying to completely change the shape of the industry to suit a propulsion system that has never been tried beyond a conceptual level is stupid.

Orion is still cool as hell, though.

>>11685638
What? No.

>>11396999
Trips confirm, peace is no longer an option

>>11297175
This is like anthropic principle but applied to spaceflight, the guy completely ignores other methods of rocket/non-rocket spacelaunch (Atomic) that other civilizations on high gravity worlds could use instead. We use chemical rockets because they are convenient and relatively low cost/low complexity compared to other methods like nuclear propulsion, but those are options too.

>>10530373
based and NPPilled