I'm not a rocket scientist but I have an active imagination ..... Thinking of a recent XKCD .... to achieve orbit .... the hard part isn't the altitude it's the velocity ....
Would there be any advantage (cost effective) carrying a launch vehicle say to 37KM ... think Red Bull Stratos .... and firing the engines there??? So you're already 37KM up .... there's a lot less atmospheric drag .... This would be like a drop from a plane ... but even higher .... Thoughts??? de KA2PBT _______________________________________________ Sent via [email protected]. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
