We do send them both left and right (west and east), as well as north and south. That’s how you get to orbit. Mainly east to take advantage of the earth’s rotation (can’t think of a good reason to send them west, other than suborbital/ballistic flights. Maybe it’s been done for orbitalrockets, I never checked). North or south for polar orbits.
Each of those flights start by going up in order to clear the thickest part of the atmosphere. If you watch a rocket launch long enough, you’ll see it slowly start pitching down after a while in order to gradually oriented towards horizontal flight, this is called a gravity turn.
As for down, well… you will not go to space today.
This was freakin hilarious. 😆
Any angle other than away from the ground tends to lead to a result known by rocket scientists as “Lithobraking” and “A rapid unscheduled disassembly”
Seems like this would be better addressed in nostupidquestions because if I’ve ever read a stupider question, this would still be the stupidest question ever.
So far.
It’s a joke lol. I just wanted some banter.
I’m too literal.
That is what NASA & others actually do. No-one sends a rocket straight up into orbit.
Also, just to be clear: The earth is round. This is a proven fact. You must first understand this or the entire premise of your question fails.
The earth is round
So is the back of a turtle. Do you really think it’s easier for it to balance it if it was a ball?
A turtle is not a planet, hope that helps!
Mr. Intellectual, the planet is the beyblade shaped thing that the turtle balances on its back. And the turtle itself is… Idk what it is, it’s some mysterious entity thing.
But what’s the fifth elephant called?
Bobby
Glad you asked
When we lauch a rocket into space it’s actually sent on an eastern launch. It gets a small boost from the spinning of the planet when launched that way.
Most rockets are designed to not rely on aerial flight to provide lift. Because of that, it is more efficient to point the rocket “up” in locations of thicker atmosphere to reduce fuel burn in locations of high air drag.
If you point the rocket slightly above horizon, a lot of the rocket’s energy gets lost in overcoming air drag.
If you point the rocket below the horizon, the rocket’s energy gets lost in resisting the drag of the ground.
Because the word “up” literally means “away from the planet” you will not find a single point on Earth where there is not exactly one general direction clearly definable as “up”.
But to get personal with you, I don’t put any stock in the opinions of people who unironically say “if Earth is round…”. This reply is for the poor souls who had to read your post due to my additional downvote not having saved them from it.
Because the word “up” literally means “away from the planet”
Bs
I can go away from earth downward from earth too.
poor souls who had to read your post due to my additional downvote not having saved them from it
Truth can’t be hidden for long.
Tap for spoiler
Joking btw, cuz why not. I’m bored as hell
This is ragebait right? If not reply and we can talk about it.
Ik it’s a stupid question that only the most brain dead person would ask.
But why would you feel ragebaited? Why does my stupidity offend you? 😂😂
The shortest path away from earth into space is by going radially outward i.e up.
Yes the direction of “up“ depends on where you are on the earth. “Up“ on the south pole points in the same direction as “down“ on the north pole.
“Wouldnt it be the same?” Yes, because of gravity ‘down’ is towards the earth and ‘up’ is away from earth. So anywhere on earth you are ‘up’ is away from the planet and into space
Did you mean to put this in a shitpost comm?
It’s for shitposting, not for shit posting.
Awww, so where do I post my dump pics?
In my DMs, if you wish
Just DM them to the mods for approval first.
I’m no scientist, but straight up seems like the fastest, cheapest trajectory. And the most predictable one, should things go south.
should things go south.
Or as OP calls it, “down”.
I never called South “down”. I called “down” down.
Rockets are not launched straight up. After getting off the ground they are angled toward the east (still mostly up) which is in the opposite direction of the earth’s spin. This allows the rocket to achieve a higher speed in relation to the earth and more easily reach exit velocity. This is why they are launched, in the US, from the eastern seaboard; they travel over water instead of land so that if things go wrong it falls in the ocean.
To break through the atmosphere we gotta go on an angle the way the earth spins, or do you mean rockets to blow up stuff on earth?
To break through the atmosphere we gotta go on an angle the way the earth spins
Why? Just go.
