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Posted on 8/8/19 at 7:36 am to theantiquetiger
Not as hard as getting to Uranus
Posted on 8/8/19 at 7:46 am to theantiquetiger
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I’m not saying to do it by myself, I know I would need a small team of engineers (aerospace, aeronautical, etc).
That's what Andy Griffith did on the TV Salvage 1. He hired laid off NASA engineers after Apollo shut down. The body of the rocket was the tank off a cement truck. The fuel was unicorn tears, though.
This post was edited on 8/8/19 at 7:48 am
Posted on 8/8/19 at 8:00 am to Volvagia
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Luna 2 was the first rocket to reach the moon. It weighed around 850 pounds and had a payload of around 350 pounds for reference.
That’s an extremely shitty reference, because you are only listing the top stage and ignoring the 18,000 lb rocket it rested upon.
It's even shittier than you realize.
That 18,000 lb rocket is only stage 3 of the launcher vehicle.
It actually consists of two other stages that weigh over 300,000 lbs.
Posted on 8/8/19 at 8:01 am to theantiquetiger
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How hard would to build a rocket to go to the moon?
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I’m talking about something under 5 feet (or even much smaller)
Posted on 8/8/19 at 8:18 am to theantiquetiger
Not hard at all.
It's not like it's rocket science or anything...
To put the power of a rocket into perspective, for one to reach exit velocity you need to have a propulsion system capable of moving your rocket at roughly 7 miles per second. That's ballpark 25,000 mph.
And that is just to get to space.
It's not like it's rocket science or anything...
To put the power of a rocket into perspective, for one to reach exit velocity you need to have a propulsion system capable of moving your rocket at roughly 7 miles per second. That's ballpark 25,000 mph.
And that is just to get to space.
This post was edited on 8/8/19 at 8:21 am
Posted on 8/8/19 at 8:18 am to theantiquetiger
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I don’t think it would need much fuel.
It takes quite a bit of fuel to overcome gravity and make it to orbit
Posted on 8/8/19 at 8:20 am to theantiquetiger
ITT: The same morons around here who can't figure out PEMDAS attempt to go to the moon.
Posted on 8/8/19 at 8:36 am to theantiquetiger
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I’m guessing the two biggest obstacles would be the fuel and continuous communication with it.
Oh, do you now?
This thread is making my eye twitch. There is oversimplifying things and then there is whatever this is.
Posted on 8/8/19 at 8:38 am to theantiquetiger
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How hard would to build a rocket to go to the moon?
Well it cost our country about nearly the same amount of $$$ as WWII did the last time we tried to go to the moon
Posted on 8/8/19 at 8:38 am to theantiquetiger
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go to the moon
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I’m not talking a full size rocket
Yes you are.
Posted on 8/8/19 at 8:40 am to theantiquetiger
Very hard.
A small rocket the easiest fuel is rubber and Nitrous oxide. But you still have to achieve escape velocity.
Then too get from earth to the moon would take a second stage rocket.
I couldn't think of a way to do it with a small rocket.
If you COULD get cryogenic fuels, and had the means. It would still be very hard to develop.
A small rocket the easiest fuel is rubber and Nitrous oxide. But you still have to achieve escape velocity.
Then too get from earth to the moon would take a second stage rocket.
I couldn't think of a way to do it with a small rocket.
If you COULD get cryogenic fuels, and had the means. It would still be very hard to develop.
Posted on 8/8/19 at 8:42 am to theantiquetiger
How hard would to write a complete sentence?
Just trying to be on your level.
Just trying to be on your level.
Posted on 8/8/19 at 8:42 am to Napoleon
I mean cryogenic LNG and oxygen are pretty easy to get but my money is on a catastrophic explosion occurring before any team of senior design engineering students are able to generate any type of thrust.
Posted on 8/8/19 at 8:44 am to theantiquetiger
Depends on the person. If its me you are asking... I could spend a lifetime working on it and would never even get the rocket to lift off the ground. Somebody else could probably do it in 5 years or so with the right funding.
Posted on 8/8/19 at 8:45 am to theantiquetiger
.....I tried building my own rocket once when I was a teenager. Blew up one of momma's Wooden Outdoor Clothesline T-Post. Hell hath no fury like a woman with a busted Clothesline T-Post. Ended my career as a rocket scientist.
Word of advice. Stick to those fancy water bottle rockets.
Word of advice. Stick to those fancy water bottle rockets.
This post was edited on 8/8/19 at 8:49 am
Posted on 8/8/19 at 8:51 am to TheFonz
Okay this reminds me of the flat-earther who built a rocket to go into space to prove the earth is flat and almost died...
Posted on 8/8/19 at 8:55 am to PrivatePublic
Luna 2
"Launch Vehicle: Modified SS-6 (Sapwood) with 2nd Generation (Longer) Upper Stage"
SS-6 Sapwood
Mass: 280 metric tons (617,294 lbs)
That would be a really dense 5ft tall rocket.
"Launch Vehicle: Modified SS-6 (Sapwood) with 2nd Generation (Longer) Upper Stage"
SS-6 Sapwood
Mass: 280 metric tons (617,294 lbs)
That would be a really dense 5ft tall rocket.
Posted on 8/8/19 at 8:55 am to GeorgePaton
To make earth orbit you must go at least 17,500 mph. To make escape velocity of Earth's gravity one must go at least 25,000 mph. Also, do you want to come back from the Moon or stay permanently? If want to come back you will need more fuel. For a 5 foot vehicle to do this you will need something like anti matter. Each of the 5 F-1 engines of the 1st stage of the Saturn 5 were burning an Olympic size swimming pool of kerosene every second. Best of luck.
Posted on 8/8/19 at 9:01 am to Fe_Mike
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you're going for the moon you'll have to wait til night.
I actually had to explain the other day why we could see the moon one morning when it wasnt night.
My 3 year old understood fairly well. I was impressed.
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