what the hell this is absolutely insane
just fuckin pitch the rocket into space
legitimately exiting and innovate damn
v curious as to how they manage the pressure transition, and how many Gs the human occupants would experience
but wow I've straight up never thought of this
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RT @shaunmmaguire
.@spinlaunch finally coming out of stealth today announcing its first sub-orbital test a few weeks ago
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https://www.cnbc.co…
https://twitter.com/shaunmmaguire/status/1458185220193075210
watch this video and tell me we're no longer able to build
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RT @shaunmmaguire
Video here: https://www.spinlaunch.com/suborbital#p1
https://twitter.com/shaunmmaguire/status/1458185221854023680
i'm absolutely getting nerdsniped here but this is v exciting and i'm inspired af to see these sort of large-scale experiments in new technologies
we've barely even begun the space race; so much more left to solve before we realize our spacefaring fate
hm; thinking about whether this launch mechanism would be suitable for getting a space elevator bootstrapped. could you yeet the cable terminals into orbit? you'd need a cable spool capable of unwinding fast enough to not slow down the terminal, and a way of anchoring in orbit
but once the terminal is up there it's the normal space elevator problem, you can use thrusters or inertia. just thinking about launch here.
launch angle articulation.... does that mean this method can take advantage of a larger range of launch windows? i imagine only being able to launch straight up limits that; but would the larger aerodynamic drag experienced under an angled launch outweigh those benefits?