View Single Post
  #26  
Old 07-09-2011, 11:18 AM
Barrykgerdes
Registered User

Barrykgerdes is offline
 
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Beaumont Hills NSW
Posts: 2,900
Quote:
Originally Posted by Omaroo View Post
Even basic high school physics explains that it's possible to leave Earth and enter orbit given the correct horizontal vector. Tsiolkovsky had provided all that was necessary near the turn of the 20th century!
Bertie was probably well past his learning days at the turn of the 20th century. He was over 70 when he was my teacher.

Barry
Reply With Quote