The rise of SpinLaunch, the company planning to hurl things into space

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In the desert of New Mexico, a centrifuge taller than the Statue of Liberty is being tested as an energy-efficient way to send satellites to space

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

 

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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

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