If you point the wrong end down you will not go to space today
Or later
Most rockets are designed to not rely on aerial flight to provide lift. Because of that, it is more efficient to point the rocket “up” in locations of thicker atmosphere to reduce fuel burn in locations of high air drag.
If you point the rocket slightly above horizon, a lot of the rocket’s energy gets lost in overcoming air drag.
If you point the rocket below the horizon, the rocket’s energy gets lost in resisting the drag of the ground.
To break through the atmosphere we gotta go on an angle the way the earth spins, or do you mean rockets to blow up stuff on earth?
To break through the atmosphere we gotta go on an angle the way the earth spins
Why? Just go.
“Wouldnt it be the same?” Yes, because of gravity ‘down’ is towards the earth and ‘up’ is away from earth. So anywhere on earth you are ‘up’ is away from the planet and into space
Because the word “up” literally means “away from the planet” you will not find a single point on Earth where there is not exactly one general direction clearly definable as “up”.
But to get personal with you, I don’t put any stock in the opinions of people who unironically say “if Earth is round…”. This reply is for the poor souls who had to read your post due to my additional downvote not having saved them from it.
Because the word “up” literally means “away from the planet”
Bs
I can go away from earth downward from earth too.
poor souls who had to read your post due to my additional downvote not having saved them from it
Truth can’t be hidden for long.
Tap for spoiler
Joking btw, cuz why not. I’m bored as hell
When we lauch a rocket into space it’s actually sent on an eastern launch. It gets a small boost from the spinning of the planet when launched that way.
What do you mean. Every direction away from the earth is up.
What if I jumped down from South Pole? Will I still be going up?
“Away”
Anyway, pay more attention at school.
You’ve been brainwashed by schools.
I’ll tell you the truth, buddy boy… The complete truth.
Earth is shaped like a beyblade.
In the flat on top, there’s the ocean and continents all in a circle around the North Pole in the center. All this is surrounded by the ice wall we call Antarctica. That isn’t the real South Pole.The sun and moon move in circles above the flat, making night and dark.
The tip of the beyblade which balances on a turtle is the REAL South Pole. The earth spins on it’s tip on the turtle’s back. Because of this the South Pole is actually extremely hot and a dangerous stormy place. That’s why no one visits it. But they want you to think humans have because of their ego. That’s why they tell you the ice wall is a Pole. That’s false.
No, down is the opposite of up.
Soo… South Pole?
I’m no scientist, but straight up seems like the fastest, cheapest trajectory. And the most predictable one, should things go south.
Rockets are not launched straight up. After getting off the ground they are angled toward the east (still mostly up) which is in the opposite direction of the earth’s spin. This allows the rocket to achieve a higher speed in relation to the earth and more easily reach exit velocity. This is why they are launched, in the US, from the eastern seaboard; they travel over water instead of land so that if things go wrong it falls in the ocean.
should things go south.
Or as OP calls it, “down”.
I never called South “down”. I called “down” down.
If earth is round
🤨
Anyway, we do send rockets left or right. It’s required to get into orbit, since basically orbits are something moving fast enough sideways so that it always misses Earth. We don’t send rockets down, obviously, because that would be into the ground. But if you’re talking in cardinal directions then yes, we do fly rockets in all directions. Polar orbits are called that because the satellite flies north- or southwards.
The reason why rockets launch facing up (opposite gravity; not north) is because it’s more efficient to leave the thick parts of the atmosphere before getting most of your speed because of drag. You could launch a rocket parallel (tangential) to a point on Earth it’d just take a lot more fuel. Space planes do technically launch like that, but they use the atmosphere to their advantage by using wings (lift) to gain height.
would be into the ground.
What ground? There’s something below South Pole?
There’s ground below every point on Earth. There just might be some water on top of it too. Also Antarctica is a continent with ground underneath the ice. The North Pole is the one without ground (immediately) below it. Hence the Arctic Ocean on maps.
I’m talking about South Pole not the Ice Wall
Which ice wall? There are lots of walls of ice in the world. The South Pole is in Antarctica which (depending on where you approach it from) can look like a wall of ice.
Nahhh man, those are different things.
There’s Antarctica which is (depending on where you approach it from) might look like a continent, but is actually an ice wall.
Then there’s the South Pole. South Pole is in the bottom part of earth.
Those are different things.
No, Antarctica is a continent which contains the South Pole. People have been to the South Pole, if Antarctica were actually just an ice wall the South Pole would not exist and so would not be possible to visit.
People have been to the South Pole
Nahh, people have been to Antarctica and they lied they’ve been to South Pole.
South Pole is in the bottom. That’s why it’s hard to visit. You’d either have to drill your way there or get out of the atmosphere and go downnn
Down and South are not the same thing.
At this point you’re obviously just pretending to be a complete moron, right?
Alr, you caught me. I made it too obvious.
Today wasn’t the best day for me and some of the people here are rigid, thought i’ll have some fun lol
Nope. I was wrong, you really ARE a fucking moron, just for different reasons.
Did you mean to put this in a shitpost comm?
It’s for shitposting, not for shit posting.
Awww, so where do I post my dump pics?
In my DMs, if you wish
Just DM them to the mods for approval first.
This is ragebait right? If not reply and we can talk about it.
Ik it’s a stupid question that only the most brain dead person would ask.
But why would you feel ragebaited? Why does my stupidity offend you? 😂😂
Seems like this would be better addressed in nostupidquestions because if I’ve ever read a stupider question, this would still be the stupidest question ever.
So far.
It’s a joke lol. I just wanted some banter.
I’m too literal.
Also, just to be clear: The earth is round. This is a proven fact. You must first understand this or the entire premise of your question fails.
The earth is round
So is the back of a turtle. Do you really think it’s easier for it to balance it if it was a ball?
A turtle is not a planet, hope that helps!
Mr. Intellectual, the planet is the beyblade shaped thing that the turtle balances on its back. And the turtle itself is… Idk what it is, it’s some mysterious entity thing.
But what’s the fifth elephant called?
Bobby
Glad you asked
Any angle other than away from the ground tends to lead to a result known by rocket scientists as “Lithobraking” and “A rapid unscheduled disassembly”
This was freakin hilarious. 😆
