Comment Comment by beervirus “The reason it's hard to get to orbit isn't that space is high up. It's hard to get to orbit because you have to go so fast.”https://what-if.xkcd.com/58/Sounds like this solves the easy part (getting to high altitude), but makes the hard part (getting to orbital velocity) even harder. parent beervirus 6 years ago
https://what-if.xkcd.com/58/
Sounds like this solves the easy part (getting to high altitude), but makes the hard part (getting to orbital velocity) even harder.