In light of the recent launches I was wondering why rockets launch straight up instead of taking of like a plane.
It seems to take so much fuel to go straight up, and in my mind I can’t see to get my head around why they don’t take off like a plane and go up gradually like that.
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The shortest distance between two points is a straight line. Air resistance and gravity will be constantly applying forces that require fuel to overcome. Why would you want to take the long way?
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