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Blue Origin loses launch contract as Telesat switches to SpaceX::undefined

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[–] remotelove@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 years ago (7 children)

An underground nuke can launch a manhole cover fairly well.

[–] cryball@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (6 children)

Tweaking the nuke to achieve a specific orbit might prove to be difficult. Also it's not like Blue Origin has nukes right?

[–] Guest_User@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (4 children)

He's right though, you don't need a rocket to launch stuff

[–] cryball@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 years ago

My bad. You don't need a rocket to launch stuff.

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