On Fri, 23 May 2025 15:07:00 -0500, Lynn McGuire wrote:
xkcd: Drafting
https://www.xkcd.com/3093/
No, no, no, that will not work. But it is cute.
Explained at:
https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/3093
This reminds me of old pictures I saw in science books as a child showing
how future nuclear space rockets would work.
Although the cables connecting the payload capsule to the booster were
fairly long, having it right in the middle of the (radioactive!) exhaust
of the booster just didn't seem optimal to me.
John Savard
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