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The potential energy is close to the energy used during launch. And every time we launch a rocket/sat (and then it comes back eventually) we heat up the atmosph
by pas 7y ago
The potential energy is close to the energy used during launch. And every time we launch a rocket/sat (and then it comes back eventually) we heat up the atmosphere a bit.
- beerandt 7y agoThe potential energy due to gravity is separate from the potential energy due to embedded chemical energy, which I suspect would be bigger for such a shape, given drag. (Since energy is proportional to velocity-squared.)