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2534: "Retractable Rocket"

Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2021 5:41 am
by ratammer
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Title text: Hard to believe that for so many years once they were fully extended we just let them tip over.

Imagine Bezos's dick-shaped rocket doing this. You're welcome.

Re: 2534: "Retractable Rocket"

Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2021 7:57 am
by somitomi
Isn't this more of an extensible rocket though?

Re: 2534: "Retractable Rocket"

Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2021 12:20 pm
by The Snide Sniper
Isn't this just a space elevator with extra steps?

Re: 2534: "Retractable Rocket"

Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2021 4:19 pm
by chridd
Wouldn't a space elevator with extra steps be space stairs?
(I hope there's never a fire at the top of a space elevator, requiring us to take the stairs.)

Re: 2534: "Retractable Rocket"

Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2021 4:23 pm
by The Snide Sniper
No, it'd be a space ladder.

Re: 2534: "Retractable Rocket"

Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2021 6:20 pm
by ratammer
The Snide Sniper wrote: Thu Oct 28, 2021 12:20 pm Isn't this just a space elevator with extra steps?
I've seen someone else describe it this exact way (and remark that they themself weren't the first).