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What is biggest rocket ever ?
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I love me a proper rocket garden...
The most gargantuan one (where he didn't even tried to put all the elephants) is Dandridge MacFarlan Cole Aldebaran.
en.wikipedia.org
Cole was a visionary that unfortunately died way too young, in 1965.
Dandridge MacFarlan Cole - Wikipedia
Cole was a visionary that unfortunately died way too young, in 1965.
Any planet but Earth, really.
- Earth escape velocity: 11.2 km/s.
-Earth orbital velocity: 9300 m/s (with ascent losses).
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-Lunar escape velocity: 2700 m/s.
-Mars orbital velocity: 4200 m/s.
-Chemical SSTO needs 0.95 propellant fraction to hit 9300 m/s.
-A mass fraction of 0.80 yields 6500 m/s (average).
So chemical SSTO ain't easy nor even feasible on Earth - but on Moon or Mars ? piece of cake, to orbital or escape velocities...
- Earth escape velocity: 11.2 km/s.
-Earth orbital velocity: 9300 m/s (with ascent losses).
...
-Lunar escape velocity: 2700 m/s.
-Mars orbital velocity: 4200 m/s.
-Chemical SSTO needs 0.95 propellant fraction to hit 9300 m/s.
-A mass fraction of 0.80 yields 6500 m/s (average).
So chemical SSTO ain't easy nor even feasible on Earth - but on Moon or Mars ? piece of cake, to orbital or escape velocities...
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