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Technically I think orbit can be achieved ballistically, or even planetary/solar escape but the overwhelming majority of projectiles do land. And some of them
by josephlord 14y ago
Technically I think orbit can be achieved ballistically, or even planetary/solar escape but the overwhelming majority of projectiles do land. And some of them very hard, others barely get off the ground. All of which makes it quite a good metaphor really although not the originally intended one.
- dredmorbius 14y agoBallisticality has a lot less to do with sustaining the trajectory than attaining a minimal orbital velocity, or escape velocity. NB: Ballisticality isn't a word. Pity.