Recent content by Bhodi Li

As it's been discussed in another thread, escape velocity on Earth is going straight up at about 25,000 MPH but that's at sea level. The higher you get the less speed you need to escape the Earth's gravity well, assuming you're going in the direction of straight up (that's what velocity is...

The muzzle velocity of a slug from a .44 magnum can be 1000 mph. The muzzle velocity of a .220 Swift slug fired from a .220 Swift rifle, one of the fastest bullets in the world, is around 2800 mph. That being said, escape velocity is quite fast, considering it's almost ten times the speed of...

With modern spacecraft such as those produced by Space X and Blue Origin the first stage returns to the launch pad for reuse. I was thinking, what if we were to build a spacecraft where the first stage gets the spacecraft to escape velocity and once it does it can detach and return to the launch...