Bizarre new planet is largest known rocky world, 40 times as massive as Earthwww.nationalgeographic.comexternal-link poVoq ( @poVoq@slrpnk.net ) SpaceEnglish • 2 years ago message-square9fedilinkarrow-up135
arrow-up135external-linkBizarre new planet is largest known rocky world, 40 times as massive as Earthwww.nationalgeographic.com poVoq ( @poVoq@slrpnk.net ) SpaceEnglish • 2 years ago message-square9fedilink
minus-square Communist ( @communist@beehaw.org ) linkfedilinkEnglish2•2 years agoSome people theorize that such a planet would actually be better for rocketry because they’d be forced to use significantly better propellant than chemical rockets, so, they’d start with nuclear rockets. If they got that far, anyway.
minus-square TheBurlapBandit ( @TheBurlapBandit@beehaw.org ) linkfedilinkEnglish3•2 years agoAnd since their planet is so much larger, it makes the vast irradiated zones created by failed launches easier to ignore!
Some people theorize that such a planet would actually be better for rocketry because they’d be forced to use significantly better propellant than chemical rockets, so, they’d start with nuclear rockets. If they got that far, anyway.
And since their planet is so much larger, it makes the vast irradiated zones created by failed launches easier to ignore!