Re: Mystery Mountain Meteorite Malady



Rick Jones wrote:
If the rocket was going (mostly) straight down, unless the tanks were
pressurized, or they had drains at the top, I guess it stands to
reason that thrust would have terminated no?

In the film it takes off, starts to arc over like it would on its normal ballistic trajectory, keeps right on arcing over, and ends up going straight down. If it were under positive acceleration the whole way due to the engine's thrust, the propellants would still be seated at the base of the tanks and could feed to the engine, even if it were going straight down.

Pat
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