Blue Origin loses launch contract as Telesat switches to SpaceX::undefined

  • cryball@sopuli.xyz
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    1 year ago

    I mean you could stay in space, if you were to reach escape velocity. Heat might be an issue though.

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      1 year ago

      https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Plumbbob

      It is theorized now that heat was actually an issue for the steel bore cap that was shot by a nuke at over 150,000 mph, which very much exceeds escape velocity.

      While its more or less of a joke about “shooting a manhole cover into space”, some think that at least a tiny bit of that bore cap could have made it.