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am_Unition  ·  1512 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Inside SpinLaunch, the Space Industry’s Best Kept Secret

I believe you, but satellite payload designs are driven by material considerations entirely unrelated to assuming a static load more than 1,000x the current norm (~3 g). Just off the top of my head, a PEEK high voltage detector fixture engineered to sit inside of an aluminum housing assembly (known to exist) is donezo.

Honestly, I'd enjoy eating my words and seeing this concept work. It just won't, perhaps especially when considered from a practical costs vs. revenue perspective.

We want that grape vidja/pics though. And we know you're not doing genetics stuff, it's really uranium enrichment. ;) ;) ;) "hello, FBI", m'POTUS, etc.