I think the bigger concern nobody is addressing is the physics. Yes, while able to throw whatever into space, the initial thrust would place any object under stresses that they are currently not able to withstand. Nothing alive would likely survive the amount of G’s from the thrust. The amount of acceleration placed into a stationary object would likely liquify anything solid. I don’t think they would use his powers for this as it would likely kill anyone and destroy anything else. If he himself is flying it up at a reasonable rate if acceleration, he would likely be able to charge millions, even if cutting the budget in half it’s probably the best thing anybody could hope for, so millions of dollars per event isn’t unreasonable. But him being a superhero, he’d likely donate his earnings to charities or something. Which is noble but also tragic that he has to sacrifice his physical strength for a society that doesn’t praise selflessness. But I think that’s going beyond the scope of the original question
I thought canonically superman uses some kind of magic to be able to keep objects and people safe in specific ways. That’s why if he catches someone at the last second they don’t still die, or why a building can fall over and he can catch it without it just crumbling around him.
See, I was thinking he would just fly them up rather than throw them up.
Then, once in space, he could accelerate them to orbital velocity at the correct point. You’re talking like an hour and a half to three hours worth of work for tens of million dollars for the Superman lift services charity.
And the good thing about a paid, funded charity would be that Superman could help a lot more people without having to personally help those people. I know, by all reasonable stances, the last thing Superman needs is a force multiplier, but having other people working on his behalf would be a force multiplier for the good that he accomplishes.
I think the bigger concern nobody is addressing is the physics. Yes, while able to throw whatever into space, the initial thrust would place any object under stresses that they are currently not able to withstand. Nothing alive would likely survive the amount of G’s from the thrust. The amount of acceleration placed into a stationary object would likely liquify anything solid. I don’t think they would use his powers for this as it would likely kill anyone and destroy anything else. If he himself is flying it up at a reasonable rate if acceleration, he would likely be able to charge millions, even if cutting the budget in half it’s probably the best thing anybody could hope for, so millions of dollars per event isn’t unreasonable. But him being a superhero, he’d likely donate his earnings to charities or something. Which is noble but also tragic that he has to sacrifice his physical strength for a society that doesn’t praise selflessness. But I think that’s going beyond the scope of the original question
I thought canonically superman uses some kind of magic to be able to keep objects and people safe in specific ways. That’s why if he catches someone at the last second they don’t still die, or why a building can fall over and he can catch it without it just crumbling around him.
See, I was thinking he would just fly them up rather than throw them up.
Then, once in space, he could accelerate them to orbital velocity at the correct point. You’re talking like an hour and a half to three hours worth of work for tens of million dollars for the Superman lift services charity.
And the good thing about a paid, funded charity would be that Superman could help a lot more people without having to personally help those people. I know, by all reasonable stances, the last thing Superman needs is a force multiplier, but having other people working on his behalf would be a force multiplier for the good that he accomplishes.