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    32 years ago

    Usually when a SpinLaunch article or video is posted, all the armchair Physic PhDs show up pontificating on why it’s doomed to fail.

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      82 years ago

      Well it’s been almost ten years and they still aren’t launching into space so I’d say they’ve been correct so far.

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          12 years ago

          And some things never are. I don’t think spin launch is doomed to failure, but there are definitely projects that some people take seriously that are legitimately never going to happen

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            12 years ago

            Eh… eventually anything we are trying to do now short of things that would break natural laws will be possible at one point or another.

            For instance, even though something crazy like the Theranos Edison is impossible with current and even near future tech, it’s going to be possible one day, which is a certainty.

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      12 years ago

      You don’t need to be Stephen Hawkings to understand that the bottleneck is not in the launch sling but in the satellite themselves. The idea is in the same league as the space elevator; sure you can do it, but is it better than rockets?