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No. Not really. Not unless we invent some magical fuel with tons of energy that weighs close to nothing. The problem with rockets is that most of your fuel is
by codexb 2y ago
No. Not really. Not unless we invent some magical fuel with tons of energy that weighs close to nothing.
The problem with rockets is that most of your fuel is used to lift... the fuel, that's also lifting your payload. We might get better at manufacturing fuel, but we're not going to get around the fuel weight problem without some major breakthrough.
- Sander_Marechal 2y agoSee also: The Tyranny of the Rocket Equation: https://medium.com/teamindus/rocket-science-101-the-tyranny-of-the-rocket-equation-491e0cf4dc6a https://medium.com/teamindus/rocket-science-101-the-tyranny-...