Timeline for Could you use the gravity of an extremely close gas giant to assist in leaving a planet
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| Feb 6, 2023 at 23:16 | comment | added | Goose | @BobaFit I think you're right. Tides move at 1,600 km an hour. That much additional water moving that fast will be violent. I wonder if the north or south pole would be easier to sail in assuming you had near future technology. | |
| Feb 6, 2023 at 20:34 | comment | added | Boba Fit | @Goose Tides move at the speed of dawn. They come twice per day. youtube.com/watch?v=GrsMxy7VRMY These are only a few hundred yards and they're in water. Mile high tides would pretty much kill everything. | |
| Feb 6, 2023 at 19:49 | comment | added | Goose | @BobaFit My question assume a high tech purpose built ship could ride the tides and survive. I also assume the tides would be fairly gradual as they appear over a long period of time and the ship could stay on the high point of the tides. Are these bad assumptions? | |
| Feb 6, 2023 at 19:11 | comment | added | Boba Fit | If you are getting mile high tides then pretty much everybody on the planet is dead. It's going to be a challenge to live long enough to launch. It's going to be a challenge to avoid having the rocket splattered before launch. | |
| Feb 6, 2023 at 3:15 | vote | accept | Goose | ||
| Feb 6, 2023 at 2:24 | answer | added | JBH | timeline score: 2 | |
| Feb 5, 2023 at 21:59 | comment | added | John | If the gas giant is close enough to have an noticeable effect it has already ripped the planet apart. | |
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| S Feb 5, 2023 at 21:55 | history | asked | Goose | CC BY-SA 4.0 |