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Supposedly the energy stored in the fuel of a SpaceX super heavy booster is equal to 13.3 kilotons of TNT[1]. The kinetic energy of a trillion metric tons movi
by foota 3y ago
Supposedly the energy stored in the fuel of a SpaceX super heavy booster is equal to 13.3 kilotons of TNT[1]. The kinetic energy of a trillion metric tons moving at 1 meter per second is is 1/2 * 1 trillion metric tons * (1 meter per second)^2, which is 9x the energy in a Super Heavy. Assuming perfect conversion of energy (not valid, but I was having trouble doing the math) then you could get it moving with a few Super Heavies.
1: https://www.reddit.com/r/space/comments/11lyo2i/superheavystarship_have_the_thermal_energy_of_the/ https://www.reddit.com/r/space/comments/11lyo2i/superheavyst...