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Re:NASA's Proposed Plasma Rocket Would Get Us to Mars in 2 M... by JumpCrisscross on Thursday May 09, 2024 @05:10PM (#40313006)
Not with that attitude!
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Re:NASA's Proposed Plasma Rocket Would Get Us to Mars in 2 M... by mr_toad on Thursday May 09, 2024 @10:43PM (#40315008)
Attitude isn’t going to help when the thrust to weight ratio is less than one.
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Re:NASA's Proposed Plasma Rocket Would Get Us to Mars in 2 M... by optimalsolver on Friday May 10, 2024 @07:06AM (#40317514)
*altitude
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Re:NASA's Proposed Plasma Rocket Would Get Us to Mars in 2 M... by JumpCrisscross on Friday May 10, 2024 @05:35PM (#40324001)
Got to have the correct attitude to gain altitude. (Attitude has a second meaning in respect of spacecraft.)
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