| ▲ | dr_dshiv 3 days ago | |
You fly the rocket on the bottom of a plane, then fire it out. Assuming these cloud cities have landing strips, right? Managing ballast might be a challenge… | ||
| ▲ | JumpCrisscross 3 days ago | parent | next [-] | |
> You fly the rocket on the bottom of a plane, then fire it out This requires engineering the rocket to withstand structural loads in two directions as well as a ~90-degree rotation under thrust. Not trivial. (It's been a major handicap for airlaunch on Earth.) Landing on and taking off from floating platforms is like the one part of Venusian colonisation we've actually solved. | ||
| ▲ | vidarh 3 days ago | parent | prev [-] | |
Or you just drop it off the side. | ||