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"Getting to space is easy. It's not, like, something you could do in your car, but it's not a huge challenge. You could get a person to space with a small sound
by skrause 8y ago
"Getting to space is easy. It's not, like, something you could do in your car, but it's not a huge challenge. You could get a person to space with a small sounding rocket the size of a telephone pole. The X-15 aircraft reached space just by going fast and then steering up. You will go to space today, and then you will quickly come back. But getting to space is easy. The problem is staying there." - https://what-if.xkcd.com/58/ https://what-if.xkcd.com/58/
- JorgeGT 8y ago> You could get a person to space with a small sounding rocket the size of a telephone pole. This is in fact the goal of Copenhagen Suborbitals: https://copenhagensuborbitals.com/missions/spica/ https://copenhagensuborbitals.com/missions/spica/