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It's physically possible, but it almost certainly wouldn't be practical. The mass needed for a reaction wheel of the right size would probably make it too expensive, never mind the control and mechanical issues of dealing with an accelerating spinning rocket.


Yeah, I don't think a rocket would like this lateral acceleration at all, even if we replaced the reaction wheels with something less far-fetched.




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