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Re: PoA taking off from Reach… again
By:uberfoop
Date: 4/15/13 8:38 pm
In Response To: Re: PoA taking off from Reach… again (Cody Miller)

: Maybe I'm wrong, but a rocket needs to accelerate all the way up, because air
: resistance and drag prevents it from reaching an escape velocity until it
: is high in the atmosphere where drag is much less.

: Further you have to reach it because at some point, you're going to shut down
: your engines and become unpowered. You can't burn them forever.

Sort of, but that's a highly complex bunch of stuff that makes your math a bit nonsensical.
: Also I stole the equation from xkcd and I don't think it'd be wrong :-p

Link? Let's see what particular sort of frictionless vacuum we're talking about :)

Messages In This Thread

PoA taking off from Reach… againCody Miller4/15/13 1:05 pm
     Re: PoA taking off from Reach… againLouis Wu4/15/13 2:13 pm
     Re: PoA taking off from Reach… againuberfoop4/15/13 2:31 pm
           It Was Built in SpaaaaceCINCLesotho4/15/13 9:32 pm
                 Re: It Was Built in SpaaaaceStephen L. (SoundEffect)4/15/13 9:36 pm
     FTL TravelRC Master4/15/13 2:42 pm
           Re: FTL TravelStephen L. (SoundEffect)4/15/13 3:02 pm
     Re: PoA taking off from Reach… againStephen L. (SoundEffect)4/15/13 2:56 pm
           Re: PoA taking off from Reach… againRevenant19884/15/13 3:02 pm
           Re: PoA taking off from Reach… againCody Miller4/15/13 7:35 pm
                 Re: PoA taking off from Reach… againZackDark4/15/13 7:44 pm
                 Re: PoA taking off from Reach… againStephen L. (SoundEffect)4/15/13 7:53 pm
                       Re: PoA taking off from Reach… againCody Miller4/15/13 7:58 pm
                             Re: PoA taking off from Reach… againZackDark4/15/13 8:16 pm
                             Re: PoA taking off from Reach… againuberfoop4/15/13 8:24 pm
                                   Re: PoA taking off from Reach… againCody Miller4/15/13 8:31 pm
                                         Re: PoA taking off from Reach… againuberfoop4/15/13 8:38 pm
                                               Addendumuberfoop4/15/13 8:41 pm
                                         Re: PoA taking off from Reach… againGravemind4/15/13 8:54 pm
                                               Re: PoA taking off from Reach… againthebruce04/16/13 10:04 am
                                                     Re: PoA taking off from Reach… againStephen L. (SoundEffect)4/16/13 2:41 pm
                 Re: PoA taking off from Reach… againButtskunk4/17/13 3:44 pm
                       Re: PoA taking off from Reach… againStephen L. (SoundEffect)4/17/13 4:33 pm
                             It's hard to believe such a clammily… of a post.Ragashingo4/17/13 6:04 pm
                                   *Sigh*CALAMITY… There's goes my Styx joke. :( *NM*Ragashingo4/17/13 6:08 pm
                                   Re: It's hard to believe such a clammily… of a posCody Miller4/17/13 6:38 pm
                                         Re: It's hard to believe such a clammily… of a posZackDark4/17/13 7:20 pm
                                               Re: It's hard to believe such a clammily… of a posCody Miller4/17/13 10:26 pm
                                                     Re: It's hard to believe such a clammily… of a posCody Miller4/17/13 10:34 pm
                                                     Re: It's hard to believe such a clammily… of a posStephen L. (SoundEffect)4/17/13 11:26 pm
                                                           also...bryan newman4/18/13 12:41 am
                                                                 Hostess makes a comeback! *NM*Mr Daax4/18/13 1:53 am
                                                                       Only to be wiped out again by the Covenant! :p *NM*Ragashingo4/18/13 2:21 am
                                                                             The Prophet of Gluttony was hungry I guess...bryan newman4/18/13 5:13 am
                                                                                   Re: The Prophet of Gluttony was hungry I guess...Grimmire4/18/13 8:20 am
                                                                                         I lol'd *NM*ZackDark4/18/13 8:44 am
                                                     Re: It's hard to believe such a clammily… of a posZackDark4/18/13 8:43 am
                                                           Re: It's hard to believe such a clammily… of a posStephen L. (SoundEffect)4/18/13 9:03 am
                                                                 Re: It's hard to believe such a clammily… of a posZackDark4/18/13 9:07 am
                                                                       Re: It's hard to believe such a clammily… of a posStephen L. (SoundEffect)4/18/13 10:09 am
                                                                             Re: It's hard to believe such a clammily… of a posZackDark4/18/13 7:22 pm
                                                                                   Re: It's hard to believe such a clammily… of a posStephen L. (SoundEffect)4/18/13 10:34 pm
                                                                                         Re: It's hard to believe such a clammily… of a posZackDark4/18/13 10:59 pm
                                                                                               Re: It's hard to believe such a clammily… of a posStephen L. (SoundEffect)4/19/13 9:07 am
                                                           Mathsuberfoop4/19/13 12:12 am
                                                                 Re: MathsZackDark4/19/13 12:22 pm
     One thing to considerPostmortem4/15/13 3:28 pm
           Re: One thing to considerCody Miller4/15/13 7:37 pm
     UpdateCody Miller4/17/13 12:43 pm
           Re: UpdateZackDark4/17/13 1:00 pm
                 Re: UpdateCody Miller4/17/13 2:20 pm
           Re: UpdateDEEP NNN4/17/13 1:22 pm
                 Re: UpdatePostmortem4/17/13 1:28 pm
                       Re: UpdateTDSpiral4/17/13 6:18 pm
                 Almost all sci-fi spacesships use itscarab4/17/13 5:26 pm
                       And many rockets can be set on suckscarab4/17/13 5:28 pm
                             And many Star Trek episodes can be set on suck too *NM*Quirel4/17/13 6:21 pm
                                   Too true *NM*scarab4/18/13 1:02 am
                       Re: Almost all sci-fi spacesships use itQuirel4/19/13 8:57 pm
           Re: UpdateStephen L. (SoundEffect)4/17/13 2:01 pm
           Mach Lorentz thruster = no fuelrhubarb4/17/13 5:12 pm
           OMG IT DOESN'T MATTER!Vandle Valsher4/18/13 7:37 am
                 Re: OMG IT DOESN'T MATTER!Mr Daax4/18/13 10:50 am
                       ^This made me chuckle.Vandle Valsher4/18/13 12:49 pm
                             :) *NM*Mr Daax4/18/13 1:30 pm
                             Re: ^This made me chuckle.Stephen L. (SoundEffect)4/18/13 2:02 pm
                                   Yeah, you're right. Shoulda-coulda-woulda. *NM*Vandle Valsher4/18/13 11:54 pm

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