Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Ask Science@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-219 days agoDon't know if putting this right. But how much forcer is needed to break gravity? Like how much does the space shuttle require to get past earth gravity and use the moons gravity to get further??message-squaremessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up136arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up131arrow-down1message-squareDon't know if putting this right. But how much forcer is needed to break gravity? Like how much does the space shuttle require to get past earth gravity and use the moons gravity to get further??Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Ask Science@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-219 days agomessage-square14fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareKairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·18 days agoWould shooting it at that speed work? Wouldn’t it need to maintain that speed?
minus-squareabsGeekNZ@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·18 days agoFrom wiki. assuming: Ballistic trajectory – no other forces are acting on the object, such as propulsion and friction. No other gravity-producing objects exist. Ignoring atmospheric drag, it would.
Would shooting it at that speed work? Wouldn’t it need to maintain that speed?
From wiki.
assuming:
Ignoring atmospheric drag, it would.