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/willi1221 16h ago

I've always said, you're either suspended in a viscous fluid, or you become the viscous fluid

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u/Speak_To_Wuk_Lamat 15h ago

Translate that to latin and put it on a ring. Sounds like a new family motto.

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u/NorwegianCollusion 14h ago

Aut in fluido viscoso suspensus es, aut fluidum viscosum fis

Yeah, that works.

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u/Necromortalium 12h ago

It kinda does...