Could Jet Engines Be Used for Space Travel?

[NTW]

Perhaps all the bird wanted was a jetstream hike...

 

[rbelli1]

its orbit doesn't decay in a matter of mere hours?

The enterprise typically is not in orbit (contrary to what Kirk et al. say) but simply hovering using its impulse engines. Which are reaction-less drives thus nonsense (pending NASA investigation) and not relevant to scientific discussion.

BoB

 

[DaveC426913]

The enterprise typically is not in orbit (contrary to what Kirk et al. say) but simply hovering using its impulse engines.

Yeah. No one's ever provided a satisfactory explanation.

Not having discovered orbital velocity in the 23rd centry is about as silly as any other explanation.