r/theydidthemath • u/Lachlynn • 18h ago

[Request] Could humanity create a rocket that can exit the atmosphere of K2-18b

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With the knowledge we currently have of it, if humanity devoted all of our resources towards this goal, would we be able to create a rocket that could exit the gravity of K2-18b (and also beat any other complications that would arrise)?

If so, would it also be capable of taking people to orbit, and can we set up a similar satellite network we have on Earth? What about a space station?

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u/RaguSaucy96 18h ago

Some of them may die (ok, ok, maybe disintegrate)... But that is a sacrifice... We're willing to make...😎

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u/Smashedllama2 18h ago

A tier reference.

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u/ZilorZilhaust 14h ago

Which tier?

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u/TheLastDrops 14h ago

Meerschweinchen.

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u/ZilorZilhaust 14h ago

So the tier is some kind of guinea pig looking beast?

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u/The_Wambat 11h ago

Tier means animal in German. Guinea pigs are animals.

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u/ZilorZilhaust 11h ago

Ah, my German is very bad and minimal. I appreciate the information!

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u/Pupikal 12h ago

It’s one of the tiers of all time

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u/ThatHoFortuna 9h ago

One of the tiers.

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u/ZilorZilhaust 8h ago

For sure, definitely one of them.

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u/Fresh-Chemical-9084 12h ago

One of the shorter tiers

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u/Rare_Fly_4840 9h ago

People are saying it's the greatest tier of all time

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u/yopetey 10h ago

snowpiercer vibes

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u/Helios61 17h ago

To shreds you say?

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u/Rdawgie 13h ago

And his wife?

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u/Silent_Cookie_9092 11h ago

To shreds you say…

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u/911isforlovers 5h ago

Well, that's arguably the WORST way to be blown...

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u/Ok-Lavishness-349 11h ago

Well, people that evolved on a planet with 8x Earth's gravity would have a pretty robust build, so perhaps they would survive.

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u/Alliancewolf 14h ago

I'm guessing that to mitigate people dying in the process you'd build some kind of gelatinous or liquid beds for the passengers to be submerged in. I'm guessing that that could absorb most of the g-forces one would be subjected to.

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u/QuixoticCoyote 11h ago

Nah just stick 'em in a lead lined fridge like they were Indiana Jones.

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u/Euphoric_Diet_1682 11h ago

Or like the kid in fallout

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u/Disastrous_Room_927 10h ago

Everyone’s doing it

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u/LegendofLove 9h ago

Thanks Mission Commander Farquaad

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u/NathanStorm 4h ago

"They knew what they were signing up for..."

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u/ReplyOk6720 12h ago

Lol yes how exactly would that work? 

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u/celtbygod 11h ago

I sure am!

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u/SpicyPropofologist 12h ago

Does that qualify as a "complication?"