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ok so here is what i was thinking
when a spaceship enters the atmosphere the reason for the high impact velocity is that the air is spinning at 66000mh AND that to keep an orbit you need certain speed with is different from the Earth's rotation... now if you slow down/speed up to match Earth's rotational velocity you start to "fall" faster then you could match the required speed
now here is my idea and let me know guys if you see something wrong with this theory
lets assume you have enough fuel to compensate for the gravitational pull , in other words you use your engines to "hover" till you reach the required speed to sink into the atmosphere.. would this work ?
secondly the Earth poles the atmosphere is not sniping obviously because those are the axles, so could you not just fly the thing there and enter the atmosphere there without any major air resistance ? (again of course compensate for gravity on approach with engines)
then once you enter the atmosphere slowly you just use normal jet engines to fly where ever you want to land
as you don't have the high velocity entry, the design do not have to withstand the heat and pressure of current landings, the spaceship could be designed like a conventional airplane with jet engines
again dual engines, jet engine for air, rocket engines for space
did i miss anything ? is this possible ? it seems way cheaper and safer to design such craft.. no ?
when a spaceship enters the atmosphere the reason for the high impact velocity is that the air is spinning at 66000mh AND that to keep an orbit you need certain speed with is different from the Earth's rotation... now if you slow down/speed up to match Earth's rotational velocity you start to "fall" faster then you could match the required speed
now here is my idea and let me know guys if you see something wrong with this theory
lets assume you have enough fuel to compensate for the gravitational pull , in other words you use your engines to "hover" till you reach the required speed to sink into the atmosphere.. would this work ?
secondly the Earth poles the atmosphere is not sniping obviously because those are the axles, so could you not just fly the thing there and enter the atmosphere there without any major air resistance ? (again of course compensate for gravity on approach with engines)
then once you enter the atmosphere slowly you just use normal jet engines to fly where ever you want to land
as you don't have the high velocity entry, the design do not have to withstand the heat and pressure of current landings, the spaceship could be designed like a conventional airplane with jet engines
again dual engines, jet engine for air, rocket engines for space
did i miss anything ? is this possible ? it seems way cheaper and safer to design such craft.. no ?