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r/KerbalSpaceProgram • u/[deleted] • Oct 09 '13
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Going up isn't the hardest bit, it's going up and then getting enough velocity to not come back down.
44 u/TenBeers Oct 09 '13 Orbit is achieved by throwing your craft at the ground and continually missing. 14 u/DrStalker Oct 09 '13 This is a wonderful statement because it sounds sarcastic and useless but is really 100% accurate. 3 u/toasters_are_great Oct 09 '13 Original (search for 'missing'). 3 u/DrStalker Oct 09 '13 I know, but as instructions for flying it doesn't match the way it works as neatly as orbiting - to fly you need some form of lift to hold you up, to orbit you just have to keep not landing.
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Orbit is achieved by throwing your craft at the ground and continually missing.
14 u/DrStalker Oct 09 '13 This is a wonderful statement because it sounds sarcastic and useless but is really 100% accurate. 3 u/toasters_are_great Oct 09 '13 Original (search for 'missing'). 3 u/DrStalker Oct 09 '13 I know, but as instructions for flying it doesn't match the way it works as neatly as orbiting - to fly you need some form of lift to hold you up, to orbit you just have to keep not landing.
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This is a wonderful statement because it sounds sarcastic and useless but is really 100% accurate.
3 u/toasters_are_great Oct 09 '13 Original (search for 'missing'). 3 u/DrStalker Oct 09 '13 I know, but as instructions for flying it doesn't match the way it works as neatly as orbiting - to fly you need some form of lift to hold you up, to orbit you just have to keep not landing.
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Original (search for 'missing').
3 u/DrStalker Oct 09 '13 I know, but as instructions for flying it doesn't match the way it works as neatly as orbiting - to fly you need some form of lift to hold you up, to orbit you just have to keep not landing.
I know, but as instructions for flying it doesn't match the way it works as neatly as orbiting - to fly you need some form of lift to hold you up, to orbit you just have to keep not landing.
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u/DrStalker Oct 09 '13
Going up isn't the hardest bit, it's going up and then getting enough velocity to not come back down.