7. Very large balloon (get to space, then release material)
8. A gun with A LOT of bullets (there is a problem with launch mass though)
9. Acoustic launcher (Similar to “Acoustic levitator” ideas)
10. Untethered tower built up from surface (the “Minecraft” technique)
11. Runway + plane + no air resistance in space
12. Jumping / Single self-contained force at surface@13. Stored tension (think of a two-state button)
14. Trebuchet / Counterweight based launcher
15. Small rocket + gravitational assist from Earth
16. Railgun / Magnetic based launcher
17. One of those things that spins rafts in lakes on its side spinning at 10,000% speed
18. VERY sturdy container and a lot of bombs
19. Harnessing hurricane/tornado energy using pulleys and tethers
20. A very high pulley, a light shuttle, and a heavy weight very high up
21. A very high pulley, a light shuttle, and a tether tied to a very fast car
22. A very high pulley, a light shuttle, and a motor that turns very fast
23. The galaxy’s largest teeter-totter and a heavy weight
24. A lot of precisely arranged repelling magnets packed very closely together and an astronaut with no pacemaker
25. A mechanism that can transfer energy from a flyweight to a pole and a mechanism that can translate rotational energy into upward movement
26. A bullet train pointed up
27. “The sore arm”, a terribly high ladder (made more feasible as a train rail that extends upwards all the way) (say goodbye to trees)
28. A steep decline, a high incline, 4 sets of frictionless bearings, and a skateboard
29. A **very** large flashlight
30. Every person in the world working together (thanks to levers or something equivalent in moving force a distance to coordinate)
31. A mountain, a trampoline at the Earth’s core, an aerodynamic shuttle in a wingsuit that can jump straight down towards the trampoline
32. Bird harnessing machine (ditch them VERY QUICKLY as ballast once you get high enough up to push yourself into space)
33. Someone throwing a baseball straight down VERY fast
34. Portals
35. Divine intervention
36. A counterweight system set up with the help of a group already on the moon
37. A rope tied to the moon’s surface that you can grab onto
38. The bouncy ball formally known as the Eastern Hemisphere
39. A very strong laser pointed down (can be equivalent to a hot air balloon if it’s a good enough laser, but different in that the material is not part of the craft)
40. Everyone in the world making a technically/physically/culturally improbable human pyramid
41. Someone throwing a shuttle straight up VERY fast (See 33)
42. A very large magnet on the room and some iron spacesuits
43. Some cheatcodes for the simulation that the universe is in for the purposes of this list item
44. Some large rockets on the other side of the Earth (it gets our object closer to them moon, it just moves the other things)
45. A harpoon gun on the moon and a VERY good aim
46. Matter scanner, radio, and matter replicator (the “hard scifi teleporter” method)
47. A very strong wind (you might need one of those nice bladeless fans)
48. A very strong wave and a sailboat (we’re going for escape velocity here)
49. A racecar that can go very fast and a road that happens to be aligned with the moon
50. A balloon under pressure with the soon-to-be-open end pointed straight up in a line that intersects our shuttle and the moon
51. Something with gyroscopes (This is #51, I’m allowed a joke)
Note: For the purposes of this challenge, I largely assumed we are capable of perfect coordination. That is, reaching space = reaching the moon. I understand this is not feasible, but the prompt said “Bird with spacesuit” is fine, so I think I’m in the clear here.
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1. Chemical combustion rocketship
2. Solar sail rocketship
3. Interplanetary tether
4. Slingshot / Materials based launcher
5. Catapult / Tension based launcher
6. Cannon / Propulsion based launcher
7. Very large balloon (get to space, then release material)
8. A gun with A LOT of bullets (there is a problem with launch mass though)
9. Acoustic launcher (Similar to “Acoustic levitator” ideas)
10. Untethered tower built up from surface (the “Minecraft” technique)
11. Runway + plane + no air resistance in space
12. Jumping / Single self-contained force at surface@13. Stored tension (think of a two-state button)
14. Trebuchet / Counterweight based launcher
15. Small rocket + gravitational assist from Earth
16. Railgun / Magnetic based launcher
17. One of those things that spins rafts in lakes on its side spinning at 10,000% speed
18. VERY sturdy container and a lot of bombs
19. Harnessing hurricane/tornado energy using pulleys and tethers
20. A very high pulley, a light shuttle, and a heavy weight very high up
21. A very high pulley, a light shuttle, and a tether tied to a very fast car
22. A very high pulley, a light shuttle, and a motor that turns very fast
23. The galaxy’s largest teeter-totter and a heavy weight
24. A lot of precisely arranged repelling magnets packed very closely together and an astronaut with no pacemaker
25. A mechanism that can transfer energy from a flyweight to a pole and a mechanism that can translate rotational energy into upward movement
26. A bullet train pointed up
27. “The sore arm”, a terribly high ladder (made more feasible as a train rail that extends upwards all the way) (say goodbye to trees)
28. A steep decline, a high incline, 4 sets of frictionless bearings, and a skateboard
29. A **very** large flashlight
30. Every person in the world working together (thanks to levers or something equivalent in moving force a distance to coordinate)
31. A mountain, a trampoline at the Earth’s core, an aerodynamic shuttle in a wingsuit that can jump straight down towards the trampoline
32. Bird harnessing machine (ditch them VERY QUICKLY as ballast once you get high enough up to push yourself into space)
33. Someone throwing a baseball straight down VERY fast
34. Portals
35. Divine intervention
36. A counterweight system set up with the help of a group already on the moon
37. A rope tied to the moon’s surface that you can grab onto
38. The bouncy ball formally known as the Eastern Hemisphere
39. A very strong laser pointed down (can be equivalent to a hot air balloon if it’s a good enough laser, but different in that the material is not part of the craft)
40. Everyone in the world making a technically/physically/culturally improbable human pyramid
41. Someone throwing a shuttle straight up VERY fast (See 33)
42. A very large magnet on the room and some iron spacesuits
43. Some cheatcodes for the simulation that the universe is in for the purposes of this list item
44. Some large rockets on the other side of the Earth (it gets our object closer to them moon, it just moves the other things)
45. A harpoon gun on the moon and a VERY good aim
46. Matter scanner, radio, and matter replicator (the “hard scifi teleporter” method)
47. A very strong wind (you might need one of those nice bladeless fans)
48. A very strong wave and a sailboat (we’re going for escape velocity here)
49. A racecar that can go very fast and a road that happens to be aligned with the moon
50. A balloon under pressure with the soon-to-be-open end pointed straight up in a line that intersects our shuttle and the moon
51. Something with gyroscopes (This is #51, I’m allowed a joke)
Note: For the purposes of this challenge, I largely assumed we are capable of perfect coordination. That is, reaching space = reaching the moon. I understand this is not feasible, but the prompt said “Bird with spacesuit” is fine, so I think I’m in the clear here.
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