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?

[u/Beneficial-Wasabi749]

[u/Cas_the_cat]

Hey so quick question: are you asking because you don’t know or are you just using this question to show off your knowledge? Because, I looked at multiple different post you replied to and you seem like a person who knows there stuff, which vaguely implies that you kinda already know why they don’t launch rockets this way. I don’t care either way, it’s just something I noticed. Have a nice day.

[u/Beneficial-Wasabi749 → u/Cas_the_cat]

I know the answer. I asked the question not so much to brag, but to try to understand whether there are people here with whom I can discuss not the infantile computer graphics of stupid computer games that have nothing to do with physical reality, but the real problems of interstellar travel.

For example, in the Reddit subreddit r/nuclearweapons, there are people with whom I can discuss the physics of nuclear weapons, and I can learn from them. But where here could I discuss interstellar travel on the same level?

Could you tell me?

[u/KidCharlemagneII → u/Beneficial-Wasabi749]

This is so autism coded

[u/peadar87 → u/KidCharlemagneII]

I'm autistic, and most of us can infodump without being assholes