Why Don't We Launch More Rockets From Airplanes?
NASA recently launched a spacecraft horizontally from an airplane, rather than vertically from the ground. Should we launch more like this? Why Did The Antares Rocket Explode? - https://youtu.be...
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If we have spacecraft that go like this, why can't we have spacecraft that go LIKE THIS?! Hey flight-suits thanks for stopping by DNews, I'm Trace! On December 15, NASA’s Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System --or CYGNSS -- launched into Low-Earth orbit on a weird launch vehicle… this one. Horizontal? Wtf? Why do we launch everything like THIS and not like THIS? When you picture rockets… you probably think the Space Shuttle, Apollo's Saturn V, SpaceX's Falcon, Blue Origin's New Glenn, and Orbital ATK's Antares, or maybe just model rockets at home -- regardless, they're all vertical takeoff launches, but why? In 2013, there were 81 space launches and a handful of failures; in 2014: 92 launches with 90 reaching orb...
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If we have spacecraft that go like this, why can't we have spacecraft that go LIKE THIS?! Hey flight-suits thanks for stopping by DNews, I'm Trace! On December 15, NASA’s Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System --or CYGNSS -- launched into Low-Earth orbit on a weird launch vehicle… this one. Horizontal? Wtf? Why do we launch everything like THIS and not like THIS? When you picture rockets… you probably think the Space Shuttle, Apollo's Saturn V, SpaceX's Falcon, Blue Origin's New Glenn, and Orbital ATK's Antares, or maybe just model rockets at home -- regardless, they're all vertical takeoff launches, but why? In 2013, there were 81 space launches and a handful of failures; in 2014: 92 launches with 90 reaching orb...
