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And is this counteracted at all by the mile head-start out of the gravity well?

Also, for spent stages, the population density of Kansas isn't that much higher than the Atlantic, they're basically identical after rounding. /s



No, not really. It's only 1/250th of the way up, and the hard part is to go sideways real fast, not up. https://what-if.xkcd.com/58/ .

The lawsuits are $0, after rounding to the nearest trillion.


> The lawsuits are $0, after rounding to the nearest trillion.

Exactly so!

Wait, you caught the sarcasm tag right?


Yes, I did. It was marred, however, by the image of my Kansas relatives being killed by falling rocket debris.


As a Kansan myself, I like to think most of my relatives can handle a modicum of dark humor.


Ahh, but I am not a Kansan.




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