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
bro and this is just a 1/3rd scale model
biggest fuckin carnival gravitron ride ever
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?
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.
