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baq on Oct 31, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: The Tyranny of the Rocket Equation (2012)

escape speed is technically correct. you need to go fast enough, direction doesn't really matter.

ubernostrum on Oct 31, 2014 [–]

Some directions may require more speed than others.

Or perhaps you are having a bad problem and will not go to space today.

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