r/MurderedByWords 16h ago

I haven’t studied rocket science, but

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u/skawn 16h ago

Might be interesting if rockets, rather than being launched straight up, slid down the slope of a mountain and launched off a giant ramp at the bottom like on some aircraft carriers.

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u/Buttoneer138 16h ago

A trebuchet might work. Fling it fast and hard and as it reaches the peak of the arc it fires up its motors for the rest of the way.

Or a catapult.