HOLLLLLLLLUPAMINNIT

"So... that means... that the tether... at the tip... is going to need... to be able to support... one hundred THOUSAND metric tons. Or... one hundred MILLION kilograms. To put that in context, a FULLYloaded. FalconNine. Weighs about ZERO point five five... MILLION kilograms. So. This tether. Is going to need to support. The equivalent weight. Of one hundred and EIGHTY TWO falcon nines.

Spinlaunch, payload to orbit: 200kg

Falcon 9, payload to orbit: 22,800kg

"One hundret. And EIGHTY TWO. FalconNines" payload to orbit: 4,150 METRIC TONS

Now - energy is neither created nor destroyed, right? But first stage on a Falcon 9 is two minutes and change. This dumb thing takes like an hour to spin up.

It seems to me that they're mostly using a lot of energy to create forces they'd really rather not deal with, and as a cherry on top they generate enough KE to push a Sputnik or two into LEO (with the help of a 20 metric ton rocket).

How can you get to

and "200kg payload" and not go "...where the fuck did all that energy go"