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kleinbl00 · 613 days ago · link · · parent · post: Am_u is too much of a pussy to directly link to this spectacular 42-minute puff piece on the glory that is Spinlaunch
Yeah, I know. my X Minus One heart really wants this to work on some level? For there to be some way to bend the equations to vanquish Tsiiolkovsky? But I mean... it's not like clever people haven't contemplated this shit for a while now. Gerald Bull was in it for the artillery, pointing shit at space was just the easiest way to get funding (until it became "pointing shit at Israel" at which point the Mossad, er, revoked his grant). I am fully aware that vanishingly few ballistic objects execute a 90 degree turn halfway through their path. This is why you must design for 10,000g apparently.Having the fastest portion of your "first stage" SpinLaunch equivalent while you're at your lowest altitude is so stupid. So, so stupid.
