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if they are pointed straight down they don't go far.
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Their initial take off is straight up because the forces of gravity are less varied when vertical, but after that, the rocket turns in order begin the angle of projection, where it will become destined for a particular orbit or planet.
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Seems like they point them in the direction they want them to go--UP
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Maybe NASA sould try pointing the rockets straight down? YEAH, that'll work much better! Hell, why not point it sideways towards the spectators?
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Straight up as opposed to what direction? Down obviously doesn't make any sense and sideways is indirect and they would burn more fuel getting out of Earth's gravity than they already do (a lot). There have been maglev-type launching mechanisms talked about but nothing has gotten past the testing phase as far as I know. They would accelerate the payload along a horizontal track which curves up at the end and sort of slings everything upward. Currently, space bound vehicles are launched from as near the equator as possible. This is because the spin of the Earth reduces the amount of energy expended to get heavy payloads into space. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocket_launch_site#Overview http://www.launchpnt.com/Space_Launch.32.0.html http://www.defensetech.org/archives/002468.html And there are many other crazy contraption ideas out there...
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After numerous tests, it was concluded that rockets will go where you want them to go only if you point them in that direction.
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Yeah, that's it, point them down! Why has no-one thought of this? Dig a tunnel right through the earth. Drop the rocket in it and ... pedal to te metal. We'll just have to put up with China's protestations.
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Initially it may appear that rocket is lauched staight. Let us take the case when the rocket is launched straight & then the earth will move along with its atmosphere, so rocket has to cross more air space which will offer more air resistance so the power requirement for the rocket will be more. Rocket takes curve path as per the direction of rotation of earth on its axis so that it will have minimal air resistance
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