Because the word “up” literally means “away from the planet” you will not find a single point on Earth where there is not exactly one general direction clearly definable as “up”.
But to get personal with you, I don’t put any stock in the opinions of people who unironically say “if Earth is round…”. This reply is for the poor souls who had to read your post due to my additional downvote not having saved them from it.
Because the word “up” literally means “away from the planet”
Bs
I can go away from earth downward from earth too.
poor souls who had to read your post due to my additional downvote not having saved them from it
Truth can’t be hidden for long.
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Joking btw, cuz why not. I’m bored as hell
This was freakin hilarious. 😆
Any angle other than away from the ground tends to lead to a result known by rocket scientists as “Lithobraking” and “A rapid unscheduled disassembly”
“Wouldnt it be the same?” Yes, because of gravity ‘down’ is towards the earth and ‘up’ is away from earth. So anywhere on earth you are ‘up’ is away from the planet and into space
That is what NASA & others actually do. No-one sends a rocket straight up into orbit.
Most rockets are designed to not rely on aerial flight to provide lift. Because of that, it is more efficient to point the rocket “up” in locations of thicker atmosphere to reduce fuel burn in locations of high air drag.
If you point the rocket slightly above horizon, a lot of the rocket’s energy gets lost in overcoming air drag.
If you point the rocket below the horizon, the rocket’s energy gets lost in resisting the drag of the ground.
Karl? Did you mean to perhaps choose… Ken?
Who’s that
Ken M, the famous internet troll.
There’s a whole subreddit devoted to him.
This is ragebait right? If not reply and we can talk about it.
Ik it’s a stupid question that only the most brain dead person would ask.
But why would you feel ragebaited? Why does my stupidity offend you? 😂😂
The shortest path away from earth into space is by going radially outward i.e up.
Yes the direction of “up“ depends on where you are on the earth. “Up“ on the south pole points in the same direction as “down“ on the north pole.
If you point the wrong end down you will not go to space today
Or later
We do send them both left and right (west and east), as well as north and south. That’s how you get to orbit. Mainly east to take advantage of the earth’s rotation (can’t think of a good reason to send them west, other than suborbital/ballistic flights. Maybe it’s been done for orbitalrockets, I never checked). North or south for polar orbits.
Each of those flights start by going up in order to clear the thickest part of the atmosphere. If you watch a rocket launch long enough, you’ll see it slowly start pitching down after a while in order to gradually oriented towards horizontal flight, this is called a gravity turn.
As for down, well… you will not go to space today.
I’m no scientist, but straight up seems like the fastest, cheapest trajectory. And the most predictable one, should things go south.
Rockets are not launched straight up. After getting off the ground they are angled toward the east (still mostly up) which is in the opposite direction of the earth’s spin. This allows the rocket to achieve a higher speed in relation to the earth and more easily reach exit velocity. This is why they are launched, in the US, from the eastern seaboard; they travel over water instead of land so that if things go wrong it falls in the ocean.
should things go south.
Or as OP calls it, “down”.
I never called South “down”. I called “down” down.
What do you mean. Every direction away from the earth is up.
What if I jumped down from South Pole? Will I still be going up?
“Away”
Anyway, pay more attention at school.
You’ve been brainwashed by schools.
I’ll tell you the truth, buddy boy… The complete truth.
Earth is shaped like a beyblade.
In the flat on top, there’s the ocean and continents all in a circle around the North Pole in the center. All this is surrounded by the ice wall we call Antarctica. That isn’t the real South Pole.The sun and moon move in circles above the flat, making night and dark.
The tip of the beyblade which balances on a turtle is the REAL South Pole. The earth spins on it’s tip on the turtle’s back. Because of this the South Pole is actually extremely hot and a dangerous stormy place. That’s why no one visits it. But they want you to think humans have because of their ego. That’s why they tell you the ice wall is a Pole. That’s false.
No, down is the opposite of up.
Soo… South Pole?
Did you mean to put this in a shitpost comm?
It’s for shitposting, not for shit posting.
Awww, so where do I post my dump pics?
In my DMs, if you wish
Just DM them to the mods for approval first.
Also, just to be clear: The earth is round. This is a proven fact. You must first understand this or the entire premise of your question fails.
The earth is round
So is the back of a turtle. Do you really think it’s easier for it to balance it if it was a ball?
A turtle is not a planet, hope that helps!
Mr. Intellectual, the planet is the beyblade shaped thing that the turtle balances on its back. And the turtle itself is… Idk what it is, it’s some mysterious entity thing.
But what’s the fifth elephant called?
Bobby
Glad you asked
