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A comment on It'll Never Work (1997). Parent comment
"If our planet was 50% larger in diameter, we would not be able to venture into space, at least using rockets for transport."
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedi...
One wonders if it were the case, if humanity would come up with a solution by necessity or we'd still be grounded. My guess is we'd have nuclear powered rockets.
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"If our planet was 50% larger in diameter, we would not be able to venture into space, at least using rockets for transport."
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedi...
One wonders if it were the case, if humanity would come up with a solution by necessity or we'd still be grounded. My guess is we'd have nuclear powered rockets.