BBCNEWS Breakfast January 29, 2022 06:25:00
No, but if i did, which direction would i have to launch it? not upwards. not up! because if i did, it'd come straight back down again. that's gravity. that's gravity! no, if you wanted this to go into orbit, you would have to make it go really fast sideways, about 17,000 miles an hour, so as it fell, it missed the surface of the earth and just went around it. that's why rockets need so much fuel. exactly! which has been a problem since forever. but there is another way to get this apple to go that fast. any ideas? go on, amaze me. so, you could attach it to a long arm and then start spinning ...