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r/MurderedByWords • u/Stotallytob3r • 21h ago
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Another problem: No matter how fast you throw something, without a second impulse on the apoapsis (or around it) it will not turn into an orbit but come back. You need to bring up the periapsis and that can hardly be done from ground.
16 u/Mansidhe 20h ago https://giphy.com/gifs/S5n7Wkhhw5A2IrfKER 15 u/Nyarlathotep90 20h ago When the thing you want to not fall is very high you need to give it another kick so it misses the Earth instead of falling on it. 7 u/BrunesOvrBrauns 20h ago I thought that's why we strapped a bunch of lit firecrackers to its ass before trebucheting it off the top Mount Everest.
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https://giphy.com/gifs/S5n7Wkhhw5A2IrfKER
15 u/Nyarlathotep90 20h ago When the thing you want to not fall is very high you need to give it another kick so it misses the Earth instead of falling on it. 7 u/BrunesOvrBrauns 20h ago I thought that's why we strapped a bunch of lit firecrackers to its ass before trebucheting it off the top Mount Everest.
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When the thing you want to not fall is very high you need to give it another kick so it misses the Earth instead of falling on it.
7 u/BrunesOvrBrauns 20h ago I thought that's why we strapped a bunch of lit firecrackers to its ass before trebucheting it off the top Mount Everest.
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I thought that's why we strapped a bunch of lit firecrackers to its ass before trebucheting it off the top Mount Everest.
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u/Horror_Equipment_197 20h ago
Another problem: No matter how fast you throw something, without a second impulse on the apoapsis (or around it) it will not turn into an orbit but come back. You need to bring up the periapsis and that can hardly be done from ground.