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ryanmarsh
5y ago
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Yes, but what? You have to lift that mass to orbit. What mass boils off with greater energy than, say, mass that combusts?
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TheOtherHobbes
5y ago
You don't necessarily need to lift that mass to orbit for interstellar flight.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bussard_ramjet
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