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Re:Aviation Is on a Low-Carbon Flight Path by selectionbias on Thursday November 07, 2019 @05:32PM (#21478010)
Why wouldn't you just ride on the tugboat?
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Re:Aviation Is on a Low-Carbon Flight Path by comicjk on Thursday November 07, 2019 @09:49PM (#21479602)
It doesn't have the range for useful travel. It's designed to get the vehicle up to speed, using almost all its energy, and then drop away. Think of the first stage of a rocket.
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