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coumbaya
1033 days ago
Well not 2x as the deceleration is 2x, but in total like you said, you put energy rocketing it up and sideway fast, it uses that same amount of energy going down.
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uhhhhhhh
1032 days ago
Most of the energy used to put it into space was to push the fuel and delivery vehicle mass not the payload, that is not present on return.
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