poVoq@slrpnk.net to Space@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 year agoBizarre new planet is largest known rocky world, 40 times as massive as Earthwww.nationalgeographic.comexternal-linkmessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up132arrow-down10
arrow-up132arrow-down1external-linkBizarre new planet is largest known rocky world, 40 times as massive as Earthwww.nationalgeographic.compoVoq@slrpnk.net to Space@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square10fedilink
minus-squareCommunist@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoSome people theorize that such a planet would actually be better for rocketry because they’d be forced to use significantly better propellant than chemical rockets, so, they’d start with nuclear rockets. If they got that far, anyway.
minus-squareTheBurlapBandit@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoAnd since their planet is so much larger, it makes the vast irradiated zones created by failed launches easier to ignore!
Some people theorize that such a planet would actually be better for rocketry because they’d be forced to use significantly better propellant than chemical rockets, so, they’d start with nuclear rockets. If they got that far, anyway.
And since their planet is so much larger, it makes the vast irradiated zones created by failed launches easier to ignore!