alt Hacker NewsIt is not as likely as some of the others but still more likely than five or four... it all depends on what you started out with.
It is not as likely as some of the others but still more likely than five or four... it all depends on what you started out with.
Very perspicacious remark that it's more likely than five or four... are you an astronautical engineer by any chance?
But I'm wondering about such shallow angles - wouldn't it bounce off the atmosphere or somesuch? Perhaps it's just about possible somehow: just imagine firing a kilometre of rock from a mountain at a six degree angle with enough velocity to get it into orbit, but in reverse.