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It would be more correct to say - the huge amount of power required to accelerate all the fuel + rocket + payload to high speed at the start. If you could fly
by excuse-me 15y ago
It would be more correct to say - the huge amount of power required to accelerate all the fuel + rocket + payload to high speed at the start.
If you could fly up to orbit at walking pace and then boost the horizontal velocity to orbit you would need very little fuel - compared to firing a big rocket for a few minutes so that the huge mass can then coast to orbital heights.