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jessriedel
on Aug 3, 2012
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SpaceX wins $440M contract with NASA to develop Sp...
I did the back-of-the envelope calculation a while ago, and if I recall, 5-10% of the energy used goes toward altitude, with the rest going towards horizontal velocity (modulo a bit of air resistance).
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