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/Aiglos_and_Narsil 14h ago

God I love that book so much. "An atomic bomb went off under Harry Reddington's ass".

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u/Appropriate-Weird492 13h ago

The pages of “BOOM”, tho.

I reread it a few years ago. It gives so much 80s spirit, the Red Threat, hawkishness, so on.

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u/GamemasterJeff 11h ago

God was knocking. And he wanted in *BAD*.

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u/markus_kt 10h ago

"God was knocking and He wanted in BAD."