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What can possibly accelerate space elevator to these types of extreme velocities?
Is it possible for a space elevator not to just reach speeds of a few hundred km/h, but much faster. Since in the future, people might want to go up to GEO to maybe work there and come back home on ...
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Will the initial velocity of an object in space get multiplied if a constant acceleration is applied? [closed]
Imagine an object travelling in space in the speed of 60 Kmph which took acceleration x if accelerated with the same x, will the object travel faster than 60 Kmph or travel in the same speed cuz of ...
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Why did the space shuttle's altitude go down after reaching 108,000m?
I recently took a look at this little data sheet by NASA: Math and Science @ Work; Space Shuttle Ascent Time Altitude Velocity Acceleration Comment (s) (m) (m/s) (m/s^2) 20 1244 139 18.62 40 5377 298 ...
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How much anti-matter is needed for an anti-matter propelled rocket to reach $P$ % ($P\lt{100}$) of the speed of light (c)?
I think this is a tough one. Imagine a rocket is produced which is propelled by a matter-anti-matter device. Its sole purpose is to reach high velocity. Which means the mass can be kept low, say $m$ ...
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Could Breakthrough Starshot proposed propulsion system be used in a regular size probe to accelerate it faster than any probe has been before?
Supposedly Breakthrough Starshot project wants to accelerate a capsule of the size of a mobile phone - according to one source - and of the size of the chip of a mobile phone - according to another ...
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