Reply to post: Re: Exaggerated hype

Richard Branson uses two planes to make 170km round trip

PerlyKing
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Re: Exaggerated hype

Orbital flight isn't just about height, it's also about speed. Branson and Bezos are both going up a fair distance, but with a horizontal speed of essentially zero, which means that they fall straight back down again. To stay up there they would need to add a horizontal speed of around 18,000mph.

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