Eli5: Why can’t airplanes get into space?

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Why is it a rocket🚀 is used to go straight up into outer space and not just use an airplane ✈️ ? I’m sure there is a good reason but it seems that the gradual assent would be preferred over the straight up approach.

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Rockets dont actually fly straight upwards. I remember watching a video of Elon Musk explaining why and how they fly to space and it’s really interesting! He used a penny and a funnel analogy

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