▲ 674 ▼ xkcd #3291: Launchpad (thelemmy.club) submitted 4 weeks ago by xkcdbot@lemmy.world [B] to c/xkcd@lemmy.world 69 comments fedilink hide all child comments xkcd #3291: Launchpad Title text: It does come at the cost of some launchpad expansions and increased fuel requirements, but that all comes out of the facility's budget. Transcript: Transcript will show once it’s been added to explainxkcd.com Source: https://xkcd.com/3291/ explainxkcd for #3291
[–] marcos@lemmy.world 6 points 4 weeks ago (2 children) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Launch_loop permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] SippyCup@lemmy.world 2 points 4 weeks ago (1 child) Sure, it's just 2000 kilometers long. We'll just take over the northern half of Brazil to build it permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] marcos@lemmy.world 1 point 4 weeks ago You need a bit less than 1/3 of it... But it's supposed to be build in an ocean. Forests do not make for good logistics. (It's also supposed to use a series of hypersonic iron pellets running inside a tube, that will explode and endanger a hundreds of km radius if something like even an air leak appears there... So yeah, the size is the least of the issues here.) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SippyCup@lemmy.world 2 points 4 weeks ago (1 child) Sure, it's just 2000 kilometers long. We'll just take over the northern half of Brazil to build it permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] marcos@lemmy.world 1 point 4 weeks ago You need a bit less than 1/3 of it... But it's supposed to be build in an ocean. Forests do not make for good logistics. (It's also supposed to use a series of hypersonic iron pellets running inside a tube, that will explode and endanger a hundreds of km radius if something like even an air leak appears there... So yeah, the size is the least of the issues here.) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] marcos@lemmy.world 1 point 4 weeks ago You need a bit less than 1/3 of it... But it's supposed to be build in an ocean. Forests do not make for good logistics. (It's also supposed to use a series of hypersonic iron pellets running inside a tube, that will explode and endanger a hundreds of km radius if something like even an air leak appears there... So yeah, the size is the least of the issues here.) permalink fedilink source parent