“if you can make it to orbit, you’re halfway to anywhere”
it’s a famous quote but i forgot who said it. it means that the most challenging part in building a rocket and flying anywhere, is building the rocket. like, once you have a functioning rocket, it doesn’t make much difference whether you use it to achieve orbit around Earth or whether you use it to fly to another planet. That’s why Earth’s orbit is actually a pretty useful target destination for testing whether the rocket works.
“if you can make it to orbit, you’re halfway to anywhere”
it’s a famous quote but i forgot who said it. it means that the most challenging part in building a rocket and flying anywhere, is building the rocket. like, once you have a functioning rocket, it doesn’t make much difference whether you use it to achieve orbit around Earth or whether you use it to fly to another planet. That’s why Earth’s orbit is actually a pretty useful target destination for testing whether the rocket works.