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Going to Venus on the Cheap

What's Your Problem?

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Why Is It Hard to Build Small Rockets?

You're battling physics all the way there. And on small launch vehicles it's way weg harder than a big rocket. If you add more fuel, you need more tank to hold the fuelcas i added more inert mass and tank, you have to add more fuel. This is why it's incredibly hard. I can say that with my hand on my heart from, i from a position of authority right now, i cose i'm building a big rocket, and i've built a small rocket.

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