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Old 04-19-2018, 11:35 AM   #18
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Default Re: [Spaceships] Black powder Rockets?

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Originally Posted by Bruno View Post
The Ming Dynasty Astronaut's "vehicle" was said to be a throne. It was going to flip over and smash even if it didn't explode. Lagâri Hasan Çelebi's vehicle is pretty sketchy in description, but generally is agreed to be a sort of open-topped barrel-type thing... which is neither aerodynamic, nor air-tight, and he was supposed to stand in it so even more unstable there. So both are (as originally told) pretty mythological (Çelebi's "parachute" is about as plausable as Icharus' wings too) even assuming modern motors.
Speaking as a long time Kerbal Space Program player, those can all be solved with more struts and/or boosters.
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