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Comment by dahra

Ha, thanks! I ran the numbers. The cold-gas thrusters have an exhaust velocity of about 682 m/s, so by the rocket equation, reaching escape velocity needs a mass ratio of about 13 million. That's roughly 30 million tonnes of compressed air for one Roadster :)
parent dahra 14 days ago

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