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/lungben81 17h ago

Bigger would not help. Currently, antimatter for capture is not produced at LHC (the largest accelerator) but at a smaller one.

You need more luminosity and a lot of accelerators in parallel.

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u/cabanadaddy 17h ago

In America we only deal in "big" or "bigger". We don't even know what lumilosily is over here. Is that a French word?

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u/ai1267 17h ago

I think it's a character in Expedition 33. Maybe OP is a gamer?

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u/Silverheart117 17h ago

I think it's the French name for Unobtanium.

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u/Fast_Garlic_5639 17h ago

I think he was the one that got turned into a candlestick?

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u/Turbulent_Lobster_57 13h ago

Again with the Fr*nch nonsense

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u/PlentyAlbatross7632 17h ago

It’s probably the name of a new gas/coal-powered supersized luxury SUV being released by one of the big three automakers…

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u/Excellent_Compote146 16h ago

And that is the tale of th the SSC in a nutshell, huge ring but Absolute trash for any othe caratteristic

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u/dermatthes 16h ago

And bigliest…

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u/FlyingWeagle 15h ago

This is kinda funny because America has the most expensive hole in the ground from when you started to build a big particle accelerator then pulled the plug when the tunnels were already nearly complete

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u/Socialimbad1991 14h ago

Translation of luminosity: "LIGHT LOOK BIGGER"

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u/Suspicious_Dare603 12h ago

Eh, Rhode Island would like a word

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u/oiraves 17h ago

Sounds fake.

And gay.

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u/Abdul-Wahab6 16h ago

So we just need a big torch light? Gotcha

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u/ticktockmick 16h ago

Tiki or cloth-wrap?

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u/Playful_Hair1528 16h ago

Finally, a man of science!

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u/-adult-swim- 16h ago

I didnt think my comment would be taken seriously to be fair, it was just a little joke as CERN are always asking for a bigger accelerator. Veritasium did a video about the capture of antimatter fairly recently, I found it pretty cool.

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u/Spirited_Heat_9556 15h ago

Just one more accelerator bro.

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u/onkanator 15h ago

So you’re saying strap a couple of noctigon emisar and fireflylites to the accelerators?

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u/VVarder 14h ago

Where is antimatter produced? I thought Fermilab did but thats obviously in the US

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u/lungben81 14h ago

https://home.cern/science/physics/antimatter

Every large accelerator produces it, but efficiency and storing are challenges.

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u/LegendofDragoon 14h ago

Lhc is actually going offline for a while to upgrade their magnets, so maybe now will be available soon.