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Topic Title: Launches using a catapult system?
Topic Summary: SpinLaunch
Created On: 02/23/2018 07:34 AM

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02/23/2018 07:34 AM
Pagerow Posts: 5646 Joined Forum: 12/22/2005	https://finance.yahoo.com/news...nlaunch-172023050.html What if instead of blasting cargo into space on a rocket, we could fling it into space using a catapult? That's the big, possibly crazy, possibly genius idea behind SpinLaunch. Interesting idea, and it's gaining more traction ------------------------- GOP: Gaslight Obstruct Project
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02/23/2018 04:17 PM
TeeBirdForever Posts: 357 Joined Forum: 08/21/2016	It's gonna be really hard. Orbitial velocity > 17000 mph. But the thing will slow down a lot after launch and have to still be going > 17K mph after it gets up. In fact, I am not aware of anything traveling through air at that speed without disintegrating.
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02/23/2018 06:52 PM
DaveFL76 Posts: 2856 Joined Forum: 08/16/2003	I hope its final form is a mile-high Trebuchet.
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02/24/2018 09:49 AM
TeeBirdForever Posts: 357 Joined Forum: 08/21/2016	A 30 mile high one might work.
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