Bumping along a dirt track in New Mexico, something alien rises above the expanse of brush. It looks like a flying saucer on its side, a huge circle 4 metres taller than the Statue of Liberty.
This is SpinLaunch’s suborbital accelerator, a colossal centrifuge built to practice throwing satellites into space. It seems like a wild idea, but it just might work, as I saw when I watched the company’s ninth test flight.Subscribe for unlimited digital access
Great for satellite not so much for the astronauts
Brought to you by the inventor of the Pumpkin Chunkin.
I read that yesterday in my hard copy. Really interesting.
우주는 없다.. 속지말자.. 믿거나 말거나.. 19끔 판타지 소설..🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
ps9714 Is this how Elon gets to the moon?
their tests are ridiculous. Resistance does not increase linearly with speed.
Cool
Oooh this should be a thing in staratlas 🤣
thunderf00t
I see great military applications coming from this device
this is never going to work
Amazing idea, that actually works!
I have better idea why not railgun
how can this work? Satellite will be crushed of g force… doesn’t it?
Yoyo?
Sounds safe