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  • turdas@suppo.fitoScience Memes@mander.xyzLmao
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    8 天前

    Apparently with 50% higher gravity it would be pretty much impossible with chemical rockets, but with the median of the estimate (so about 12.43 m/s2) it would be possible, you’d just need an incredibly large rocket, or non-chemical propulsion (e.g. nuclear).

    A space program on that planet would definitely advance much slower than on Earth.


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    8 天前

    That’s, uh, not really how that works. A taller atmosphere would mean you have to go through more of it, but unless it’s not a terrestrial then the atmosphere won’t be that much taller.

    If it is a non-terrestrial planet, it’s unlikely anyone would be building rockets on there to begin with.



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    8 天前

    According to Wikipedia this planet has an estimated surface gravity of 12.43 m/s^2 with a margin of error of about 2 m/s^2. That’s only up to 50% higher than Earth’s 9.8 m/s^2 (on the high end of the error margin) so it probably would be possible to get into orbit.

    That said we don’t actually know much about it for sure. We don’t know if it’s a terrestrial planet for example. It could be composed mostly of gases and liquids like Neptune.