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Flat Earth Investigations / Re: Please don't hit the dome. Astra
« on: September 15, 2020, 06:44:34 PM »... and, for what it's worth, a climbing rocket, which is also moving away from the observer, whether viewed on a flat or globe earth, will ALWAYS look as though it is descending toward the ground at some point in its upward trajectory. Geometry called, and it said so.
In the case of launches Eastward from Cape Canaveral, where the rocket always moves out to sea, away from land-based observers, this is always the viewpoint.
It's unclear what the viewpoint on this Astra one was.
Tumeni give us hocus pocus speak. To get a permit for rockets you must not encroach on the dome, ie tilt it baby and go sideways. Here's a prime recent example of a Mars rocket. lmao @ 2:40 seconds into launch, it's trajectory is already only 42 miles high but get this 81 miles sideways or downrange from launch. At 3:00 minutes into launch, it's now only 63 miles high but a whooping 137 miles sideways. Think about the trajectory to achieve that ? SIDEWAYS ... This is like shooting a bullet at a 45 degree angle for max distance. Now cut away to cartoon land on separation. I love NASA, so silly fooling the lemmings. Kerplunk in da ocean !!!
That's simply how orbital mechanics work.
Getting a rocket high enough is only half the equation, it has to be moving fast enough to get into a stable orbit. Most of the fuel is spent getting the rocket moving sideways fast enough for a stable rocket. If it simply went straight up, as soon as the engine shut off it would fall right back down.
Any rocket that wants to achieve orbit is going to be spending most of it's time going sideways from our perspective.
As for a bullet, shooting it at about 30 degrees is going to get you maximum distance, so you're not too far off. It would be 45 if there was no air resistance.
Pure hockey puck, the sooner you reach thinner air, the faster one can go on less fuel. Plenty of time to tip sideways but we must do the big fake out and get out of vision for the kerplunk in da ocean. Good try !!!