If you could build a ladder tall enough

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Could you just climb into space? I know there is some ludicrous speed that rockets need to reach to escape the earths atmosphere but could you theoretically just climb through it on a very tall ladder?

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OP here, glad to see this thread is going strong and has not dissolved into the vitriol and abuse that most threads seem to do nowadays. All very interesting reading and helping with my research. I am planning on starting to build my ladder in the new and should be completed just before Donald Trump comes to power in the USA. I can then begin my escape.

I have one other question, does anyone know what the depreciation will look like over a 3 year PCP on the base materials and should I have maybe waited for the Spyder version as I believe these will be more limited numbers?

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otolith said:

RizzoTheRat said:

If you throw a ball and fire a bullet horizontally from the same height they'll both hit the ground at the same time because they fall at the same acceleration, but the bullet will have travelled further obviously.

Approximately, unless in a vacuum.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E43-CfukEgs