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>Getting to space[1] 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 so
by soperj 5y ago
>Getting to space[1] 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[2] just by going fast and then steering up.[3]
Loved that line.
Puts the Branson/Bezos thing into perspective.
- toomanybeersies 5y agoThese days there are even amateur rocket clubs that have managed (unmanned) suborbital space launches [1]. [1] http://www.uscrpl.com/traveler-iv http://www.uscrpl.com/traveler-iv