“Even a small increase in Earth's gravity would make it impossible to launch Starship.” — Elon Musk

A small decrease in gravity will cause humanity to cease to exist. It's just perfect

Well, that's bad news then, because I've noticed the gravitational constant has increased by at least 20% since I turned 40.

People make words and sentences sound important just because someone famous said them. Dude we know this fact from birth, he said nothing new.

A slight increase in Earth’s gravity would indeed make rocket launches more challenging, requiring more fuel and power, but it wouldn’t make launching Starship impossible. It’s a question of engineering adjustments, not an absolute barrier.

Amazing people here don’t understand the significance. We just *happen* to exit in a world where if the gravity was a few points higher, we’d be trapped on earth unable to reach space, and if lower, we’d likely lose radiation protection and atmosphere. It’s a razors edge.

We’re looking at you Lizzo . . .

Yet NO comments on the UAP ???

That’s an interesting thought. Does that mean the super earths we’ve located, if they have intelligent life, are less likely to have developed a space faring technology?

Beautiful 🤩

Star ship that can’t reach stars 😭