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Re:Space Elevator by BobaFloutist on Monday October 20, 2025 @01:45PM (#45646830)
Delta v feels reductive, since your fighting negative acceleration to go up and a fraction of that to go laterally, no?
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Re:Space Elevator by JumpCrisscross on Monday October 20, 2025 @02:47PM (#45647606)
> since your fighting negative acceleration to go up and a fraction of that to go laterally

They’re both acceleration. At high thrust, virtually equivalent.

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Re:Space Elevator by lazide on Monday October 20, 2025 @02:35PM (#45647455)
They’re the same thing. Either you go sideways really fast, or go straight up really far (geo-synchronous distance).

Either way, you need the same total velocity delta.

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