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Aaaaand, it's out of the park

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  • 11-04-2022 12:13pm
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    josip
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    I love articles like this. Not sure if the theory will stand up in practice, but I love the centrifugal force idea.

    https://newatlas.com/space/spinlaunch-nasa/

    When I was a kid I used to tie heavy nuts onto the end of a piece of string and see how far I could get them. But the one problem I always had was timing the release so that it would go in the correct direction. If these people are anything less than perfect on release, there's going to be a lot of pieces to pick up.

    Do all space launches have to be from a coastal location as near the equator as possible? I would have thought something like this, with a small footprint, could be suited to a high altitude launch location



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    Capt'n Midnight
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058241169/aaaaand-its-out-of-the-park

    Slingatron isn't a weight on a string, it's like a marble in a frying pan where very small movements at the handle can get it wizzing around.


    Ultracentrafuges have some serious rotor rpm and insane g forces and an edge speed that's scary.



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