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I would like to question this. In my opinion, the physics only works out if the Endurance is actually rather light, particularly compared to the Rangers. I'm not saying it's lighter, but it has to be fairly low in mass. (upcoming minor spoilers) Just think- remember how short a time it takes for them to spin it up? Or more importantly, to arrest the spinning using only the thrusters on the lander. Then there's the issue of when they fire the main engines; whether or not the engines on the Endurance were firing, the lander's were, meaning the centre of thrust would have been totally out of line with the centre of mass if the Endurance had any decent mass to it. If it were lighter, the lander's engines could probably compensate for the angle, as they must have done because there was no rotation induced when they boosted out of the atmosphere. And then if you think about how quickly the Endurance accelerated away after detaching from the makeshift booster rockets flying out of the black hole, it makes sense. Don't forget Romilly's comment about "millimetres of Aluminum". Those are just my thoughts on it

God dammit Tanya, why are all of your designs so darn good?

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