Can Planes Go outer space?

Planes can and have flown into space for over 50 years – though not the kind you see at the airport. That’s because conventional planes need air for both propulsion and lift, and space is essentially a vacuum.

Why can’t airplanes fly in airless place?

Airplanes can’t fly in space because there is no air in space. Airplanes rely on air to produce both lift and propulsion. Since there isn’t any air in space, airplanes must stay within the Earth’s atmosphere.

Why can’t we land on any of the outer planets?

Because all of the outer planets are gas giants. There’s no way to land on them because they don’t have a surface. They do have solid cores, but that’s because of pressure. There’s so much gas (and farther down, liquid) bearing down on the core that it’s forced into a solid form.

Will we ever be able to go to interstellar space?

There’s no law of physics that outright forbids it. But that doesn’t necessarily make it easy, and it certainly doesn’t mean we’ll achieve it in our lifetimes, let alone this century. Interstellar space travel is a real pain in the neck. If you’re sufficiently patient, then we’ve already achieved interstellar exploration status.

Why do airplanes fly over the top?

Air Flows Faster Over the Top than Underneath, so it Uses Less Pressure. Higher Pressure Air Underneath the Wing Pushes it Up. Airplanes can fly because of air. The air moving under their wings is strong enough to hold them up. An airplane wing is round on top. The bottom is flat.

Why don’t space travelers go to the stars?

Except the problem is that they’re going nowhere really fast. Each one of these intrepid interstellar explorers is traveling at tens of thousands of miles per hour, which sounds pretty fast. They’re not headed in the direction of any particular star, because their missions were designed to explore planets inside the solar system.