Comment on checkmate, big geology!!
RunawayFixer@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Why has noone ever experimented with placing a very large spaceship in the mouth of an active volcano? And when erupting, the space ship would fly to space without needing any fuel. No resources wasted on multiple stage rockets just to carry up fuel a few km, all that’s needed is an enormous spaceship in the shape of a cement plug.
Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 2 months ago
They did manage to use a modified battleship cannon to fire things into orbit. I think the main problem is not knowing how much explosive power you’ll get for a given eruption.
alcoholicorn@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
You can’t shoot things into orbit with a battleship cannon, the acceleration is just too great for a rocket to survive. You can shoot them very high, but not into orbit.
Space guns have to be very, very big to shoot a rocket at a survivable speed.
Iraq had a space gun project, but Israel assassinated it’s chief engineer.
RunawayFixer@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Not knowing how much is not that big an issue. If it’s too much, then it becomes an interplanetary ship. If it’s not enough, then it will come down soon enough and we can just try again on an another volcano. It’s probably going to require a bit of patience from the crew, passengers and offspring, but eventually there will be a big enough eruption and it will all work out smoothly in the end.