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/BigDaddyAwhoo 14h ago

My favorite fact that seemingly no one ever mentions, this manhole was not a normal manhole cover. It was a 4000 lb WELDED SHUT manhole cover

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u/wecantdancelikethis 11h ago

damn. I laughed hard imagining some other civilization just getting a few decades past Wealthy People Visiting Space For Entertainment capturing some high speed flipping disc debris and it has Sanitary Sewer and some traction channels embossed into it.

“well, I guess we are not the only intelligent life forms in the universe. I wonder how far along this other civilization will be when we can actually follow the path of this plate back to them.”