The only thing funnier than an "engineers only" project is a "physicists only" project. A bunch of pasty nerds writing Python routines to turn a wrench using a Raspberry Pi and 80/20 t-bars, consulting several Wrench Turning Theory textbooks. But yeah 'bl00 really blew the roof off of any doubts that this is anything but a VC scam with the links in this thread. Stick it to 'em, SpinLaunch! And then, maybe (more) jail time. But doing time won't bring the money back :).
On second thought, you could totally do this by hiring engineers to each 'own' some small component and yelling at them if they look at anything else or the system as a whole.
I dunno, man. The compartmentalization on this is gonna run into serious issues no matter how small you chop it. - We need a kinetic object to do 2200m/s in a 250m radius in a vacuum and then release - We need a 250m radius of vacuum - we need a 2200m/s release - we need 450rpm out of a 250m radius I mean, the Air Force kinda noped out of launching at hypersonic speeds. Of their two attempts, one was a near disaster and the other was a catastrophe. And that was at 80,000 feet where all they had to do was let go. Yeah, you've got stages on rockets but up until recently, doctrine was "throw the bottom one away." I'd have a hard time writing an RFQ for any part of this project, no matter how compartmentalized. Each aspect has some gonzo shit in it like "I need a stadium's worth of hard vacuum" or "I need to release thirteen oil tankers' worth of mass".