I see. Then what is a few billion to them? What will they do with it? Why do you base the entire theory on things you make up on things to modernize today to what was written in 1881?
I never said that, did I? Read what you're responding to.
If they have the capabilities, which they obviously do, why don't they use it? Why leave us in the dark with their equipment if they can't use it because of us?
Then you are a lifeless nerd who is making irrelevant comparisons. Why did you watch startrec if it had spherical planets? Hippocracy at best
Then how do you counter that spaceflight is just the sustained movement of a spacecraft into and through outer space. Spaceflights primarily use rocket technology for propulsion. A spaceflight begins with a launch, which provides the initial thrust to overcome the force of gravity and propel the spacecraft from the surface of the Earth. Once in space, the motion of a spacecraft -- both when unpropelled and when under propulsion -- is determined by astrodynamics. The realistic proposal of space travel goes back to Konstantin Tsiolkovsky. His most famous work, The Exploration of Cosmic Space by Means of Reaction Devices, was published in 1903, but this theoretical work was not widely influential outside of Russia.
Spaceflight became an engineering possibility with the work of Robert H. Goddard's publication in 1919 of his paper 'A Method of Reaching Extreme Altitudes'; where his application of the de Laval nozzle to liquid fuel rockets gave sufficient power that interplanetary travel became possible. This paper was highly influential on Hermann Oberth and Wernher Von Braun, later key players in spaceflight.
The first rocket to reach space was a prototype of the German V-2, on a test flight in 1942. In 1957 the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1, which became the first artificial satellite to orbit the Earth. The first human spaceflight was Vostok 1 on April 12, 1961, aboard which Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin made one orbit around the Earth.
Rockets remain the only currently practical means of reaching space. Other technologies such as scramjets still fall far short of orbital speed, although show some potential.
A launch pad is a fixed structure designed to dispatch airborne vehicles.
It generally consists of a launch tower and flame trench. It surrounded by equipment used to erect, fuel, and maintain launch vehicles.
A spaceport, by way of contrast, is designed to facilitate winged launch vehicles and uses a long runway.[citation needed]
Both spaceport and launch pads are situated well away from human habitation for noise and safety reasons.
Rockets run though a countdown sequence prior to Rocket launch.
A launch is often restricted to certain launch windows. These windows depend upon the position of celestial bodies and orbits relative to the launch site. The biggest influence is often the rotation of the Earth itself. Once launched, orbits are normally located within relatively constant flat planes at a fixed angle to the axis of the Earth, and the Earth rotates within this orbit.
Furthermore, remember the ship returning to space, burned up in the atmosphere and stuff landed everywhere, not to mention video footage of it falling from space.
THEN DO IT! Prove to me you can do it by doing it. Right now.