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The projectile experiences wicked g-forces when it is being spun up: around 10,000 times the force of gravity. This is enough to tear the skin and muscle off a human being. This means SpinLaunch will not be going into the astronaut business. They also won’t be able to drive large satellites into orbit. The projected weight limit for the system would be payloads of about 440 pounds. That is a lot less than something like the Hubble Space Telescope weighs. – source
I think it would have to be crazy long up the side of a mountain or something to work. I always thought that would be cool to see. I’m just an ignorant layperson though. I know little of the actual science, but I have read a lot of science fiction in my life.
I mean, you would in fact get the astronaut into orbit, provided your container was water tight.
Jesus fuck. I know humans can withstand extremely high g-forces for short periods of time, but 10,000 Gs is a lotta Gs.
So… Wouldn’t a railgun system be able to do the same thing with less energy consumption?
I think it would have to be crazy long up the side of a mountain or something to work. I always thought that would be cool to see. I’m just an ignorant layperson though. I know little of the actual science, but I have read a lot of science fiction in my life.