space girl comic
kids, always remember your parachute. or at least make sure your neighbours have insurance.
for the curious:
specific impulse = fuel efficiency
delta-v = amount of fuel (measured in potential velocity)
t.w.r. = thrust-to-weight ratio = rockety-power vs gravity
(if it’s less than 1, you won’t be going to space today)
sedna: the emu 3 is our best rocket yet, dini! it has more specific impulse, delta-v, and a higher t.w.r. than any of our previous solid-fuel launchers.
dini: mm-hmm, i know some of those words.
sedna: 3… 2… 1…
sfx: whoosh!
dini: you… d-did include a parachute this time, right?
sedna: i knew i forgot something!
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Caveat you won’t be going to space up, if you’re really persistent you COULD fly like a plane to low orbit and circularize not easy and certainly not efficient but it gets you past ultra high gravity limits without having to orion your way to the stars.
Well, I’m no rocket engineer but I HAVE gotten a spaceplane to orbit in Kerbal Space Program before, so I just assume it must be just as easy in real life. :P