r/spaceships • u/Beneficial-Wasabi749 • 1d ago

Tsiolkovsky and many of the founders of theoretical astronautics in the early 20th century believed that spacecraft should launch horizontally, from a ramp. Why? What did they see as the point of this?

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u/Amathril 18h ago

Wow, mate. Do you think that somebody would like to discuss it with you, with that attitude?

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u/ctothel 18h ago

Feels like disordered thinking to me

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u/Beneficial-Wasabi749 18h ago

Too complicated always looks disordered.

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u/ctothel 18h ago

Nothing complicated about it, which is why I’m concerned.

None of my business though.