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Treva31
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Ignoring the fact that the atmospheric friction would probably disintegrate it.
I know that to achieve LEO takes around 10km/s delta v.
But only 2km/s of that is to overcome the drag and gravity.
So you could shoot at 2km/s, get to LEO altitude then it falls back down because it is not at orbital velocity or trajectory right?
And I think that you need around 16km/s (10 to LEO plus 6 from LEO to moon) for a rocket to safely land on the moon from Earth.
But is it less than 16 if you just want to shoot a bullet and hit the moon?
Would it be 2 + 6 = 8km/s ??
Wouldn't it at least be less than the 11.2km/s escape velocity of the Earth since if you shot a bullet to the altitude of the moon (but not near the moon) it would eventually fall back to Earth, so you haven't escaped the Earths gravity.
I know that to achieve LEO takes around 10km/s delta v.
But only 2km/s of that is to overcome the drag and gravity.
So you could shoot at 2km/s, get to LEO altitude then it falls back down because it is not at orbital velocity or trajectory right?
And I think that you need around 16km/s (10 to LEO plus 6 from LEO to moon) for a rocket to safely land on the moon from Earth.
But is it less than 16 if you just want to shoot a bullet and hit the moon?
Would it be 2 + 6 = 8km/s ??
Wouldn't it at least be less than the 11.2km/s escape velocity of the Earth since if you shot a bullet to the altitude of the moon (but not near the moon) it would eventually fall back to Earth, so you haven't escaped the Earths gravity.