From: jeff.findley@ugs.nojunk.com   
      
   "Nog"  wrote in message   
   news:44ednXT0G553iaXeRVn-uQ@adelphia.com...   
   > If you go the first 5 miles straight up with jet engines, you only have   
   195   
   > miles left to low orbit. I heard it's an insignificant amount and a total   
   > waist of time.   
      
   You didn't spell waste correctly.  That and orbital velocity takes far more   
   energy to reach than orbital altitude.   
      
   Jeff   
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