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		TheDudeMan on May 9, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Nasa’s proposed plasma rocket would get us to Mars... "hopefully the price of this rocket to get stuff off of earth is dirt cheap" This is not a launch technology.

JumpCrisscross on May 9, 2024 [–]

Not with that attitude!

mr_toad on May 10, 2024 | | [–]

Attitude isn’t going to help when the thrust to weight ratio is less than one.

optimalsolver on May 10, 2024 | | [–]

*altitude

JumpCrisscross on May 10, 2024 | | [–]

Got to have the correct attitude to gain altitude. (Attitude has a second meaning in respect of spacecraft.)

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