Behold, the people who think AI is going to replace your job (thelemmy.club)

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[-] slazer2au@lemmy.world 29 points 10 hours ago

How does gravity effect this? Well, that's the good part. near the heat shield it pushes from front to back, but near the thrusters is pushes back to front cancelling it out.

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[-] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 23 points 9 hours ago

The gravity cancels out, letting aerodynamic drag lift the rocket into space.

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