Can someone explain what's going on here?

there is no context to your posted pic

Sorry... I'm watching the SpaceX launch. That speed vs that altitude...

I guess I am retarded. That speed isn't relative to altitude if it's traveling in relation to an orbit at that altitude above earth.

>>59425998
It's in space, at a velocity that will take it into a higher orbit. That's generally what a second stage does...

>>59425981
If you're interested, you should definitely play Kerbal Space Program.

>>59426049
DO NOT BUY KERBAL SPACE PROGRAM

NEVER BUY KERBAL SPACE PROGRAM

>>59426111
?
only because you'll get stuck playing it and realize you dumped 100 hours into it within a week?

>>59425981
>mach 15
scramjets dont even go this fast

>>59426157
It's not in the atmosphere. It's an orbital stage 2 on a Hohmann transfer.

>>59425981

It's not going straight up OP, it's going around the earth in an orbit. The circumference of the earth is ~40,000km.

It's 168km off the earth's surface in orbit going around the earth prob once an hour or something.

>>59425981

If it is going straight up it's increasing altitude about 5km a second. That's not really that unrealistic

>>59425998
The rocket is traveling at almost 20,000km/h and is 168km above sea level.

What is so hard to understand?

The speed of the ISS is about 28000 km/h, to put it in perspective for you, OP

>>59426145
Because the publisher are money grubbing mexicans that have reinvested less than 0.1% of sales back into the game.

It's only fucking free work from modders that make the game good. The base game is pretty dogshit and someone any mediocre programmer can make.

>>59427411
This. Pirate it.

Rocket goes sideways, not up.

>>59427411
something* not someone. I'm sleepy.

>>59425981
There is virtually no friction in the high upper atmosphere. With no real friction to slow things down they can orbit the earth at incredible speeds as the most of their thrust is longer being wasted, and nothing slows them down.
The space shuttle usually orbits at about 8km/s.