minus-squarelemmyman@lemmy.worldtoScience Memes@mander.xyz•LmaolinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·13 days agoEscape velocity does scale with (square root of) radius so its not a dumb thought. And I’m not a rocket surgeon but I could imagine earth rockets might be operating near some physical limits that make a 50% increase (or whatever) infeasible. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escape_velocity linkfedilink
Escape velocity does scale with (square root of) radius so its not a dumb thought.
And I’m not a rocket surgeon but I could imagine earth rockets might be operating near some physical limits that make a 50% increase (or whatever) infeasible.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escape_velocity