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I had today a sort of odd idea, im not sure if it could work so i wanted to put it across for opinions.
My thought was that a sort of modified space plane could be used to glide the low pressure near he eye of a cyclone upwards, then when the plane has reached the limmit of the cyclone it then would fire its rockets to help it clear the remaining distance.
A method like it could reduce the fuel needed.
So do you think its feasible?
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Where can you find Cyclones on Demand?
I've got an idea: Ion Drive to orbit. Instead of having the ion drive on the craft though, a powerful beam of Ions will push a craft into orbit.
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Well not on demand but there are many powerfull ones a year round near the tropics.
I think ion drives have overall low trusth ration (although high thrust speeds) to work within earth, but if you where using it as an analogy to how hopeless this thought was well all i can say is "it was a wild though and i wanted to know if it had a slim chance"
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Gaining a little altitude again makes little difference, since orbital flight is all about speed, speed, and more speed. Almost immediately after launch, most rockets flatten their ascent until it is almost horizontal in order to gain speed. Altitude is just to get out of the drag of the atmosphere, but in a cyclone the air is still quite thick.
Assuming you could get controlled ascent in one, which I highly doubt.
As far as a spacecraft riding an ion beam to orbit, again not really practical. Ion beams don't work very well in the atmosphere, since the air actually blocks/scatters/deflects ion beams pretty efficiently. Furthermore, like the problem with laser ascent, they are inefficient and you can't track the beam on the vehicle for long since it will simply go over the horizon. An ion beam also penetrates more than a laser, making it more difficult to protect a vehicle from the beam, and may actually pose a radiation hazard.
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Gaining a little altitude again makes little difference, since orbital flight is all about speed, speed, and more speed. Almost immediately after launch, most rockets flatten their ascent until it is almost horizontal in order to gain speed. Altitude is just to get out of the drag of the atmosphere, but in a cyclone the air is still quite thick.
Assuming you could get controlled ascent in one, which I highly doubt.
Well actually people do fly into cyclones for various purposes, so with the aid of a AI system it might be possible.
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