Why “rocket” is being discussed
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Reuse might turn out not to be the future - and its SpaceX has embraced this internally. At least not full reuse, or not the way most people think of a reusable spacecraft as a…
by torginus · Sep 6, 2026
> Have there been other rocket launches from continental Europe? Continental Europe? yes. The Russian's Plesetsk Cosmodrome is well within the boundaries of the European contine…
by swiftcoder · Sep 6, 2026
SpaceX was founded on making launches cheap. Arianespace only recently decided to develop reusable launch systems. Up to SpaceX demonstrating it was possible, the dominant appro…
by rbanffy · Sep 6, 2026
Like many side scrolling airplane games, the object controlled in this game behaves a lot more like a rocket than an airplane. I suggest learning a little about the physics of a…
by kqr · Sep 6, 2026
The first thing that came into my mind was the fragile ecosystem up there. All considered this doesn't sound like a very thoughtful process. And of course as pointed out elsewhe…
by blablabla123 · Sep 6, 2026
Something they might have is a lot of strain gauges around the rocket. They can tell if the rocket is bending and compressing (and how) -- but they are also essentially high-spe…
by peterfirefly · Sep 6, 2026
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A rocket is an elongated flying vehicle that uses a rocket engine to accelerate without using any surrounding air. A rocket engine produces thrust by reaction to exhaust expelled at high speed. Unlike jet engines, rockets are fuelled entirely by propellant which they carry, without the need for oxygen from air; consequently a rocket can fly in the vacuum of space, and indeed rocket engines operate more efficiently outside the atmosphere. Read more on Wikipedia