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"Altitude" is a weird metric for rockets because going up is useless- you immediately fall back down. Achieving orbit requires a horizontal velocity many times
by mabbo 7y ago
"Altitude" is a weird metric for rockets because going up is useless- you immediately fall back down.
Achieving orbit requires a horizontal velocity many times higher than the vertical velocity achieved.
- liability 7y agoThey may well have provided more relevant figures which the reporter or editor failed to understand the value of and consequently emitted in favor of the figure that played to their "space is up" worldview.