If you were to launch a rocketship parallel to the earth, on wheels, how big would the ramp have to be to get it into space?
If you were to launch a rocketship parallel to the earth, on wheels, how big would the ramp have to be to get it into space?
Is it possible? If so, what would the ramp length and height need to be?
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If fast enough you need no ramp. It just takes off thanks to the curvature of the earth.
It just leaves "sideways".
For some reason I just pictured a 4 years old running full speed into a sliding glass door.
But yeah if the landscape was flat, straight would work with enough thrust/lift to keep you at that vector
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