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Re:Bezos donates $100M each to CNN contributor Van Jones and... by cwkoss on Wednesday July 21, 2021 @07:49PM (#27913621)
SpaceX actually brings things up to orbital speeds, which is the minimum bar for useful space activity.
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Re:Bezos donates $100M each to CNN contributor Van Jones and... by cwkoss on Wednesday July 21, 2021 @10:47PM (#27914725)
For reference, orbital flight requires 17,400 mph (28,000 km/h)

Suborbital flight only requires 3,700 mph (6,000 km/h)

Highly recommend playing kerbal space program if you'd like to get a better intuitive understanding of the difference: suborbital flights are your second or third attempt - pretty easy, orbital flight will probably take you a dozen flights or so to figure out.

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