cm0002@lemmy.world to Space@lemmy.world · 15 hours agoGiant catapult sends satellites into space without rocket fuelwww.thebrighterside.newsexternal-linkmessage-square58fedilinkarrow-up1127arrow-down144
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minus-squareJohnDClay@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up6·4 hours agoYeah definitely. The way the rocket equation works out, the second stage gives most of the Delta V, but the first stage needs to be much bigger because it needs to lift itself and the second stage.
Yeah definitely. The way the rocket equation works out, the second stage gives most of the Delta V, but the first stage needs to be much bigger because it needs to lift itself and the second stage.