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But is it really a catapult?(www.thebrighterside.news)

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Using centripetal force puts it in trebuchet territory does it not?

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Curufeanor@sh.itjust.works
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If you really believe that this will work anytime in the next decade, and that it doesn’t need a rocket to circularize the projectile’s orbit, I have a bridge to sell you.

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Tar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.works
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From 2022: “SpinLaunch plans to loft small satellites into low Earth orbit by 2026.”

They’re working on Elon Musk timelines. Two Starships on Mars by early 2024! Spinlaunch to Orbit in 2 years!

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Valmond@lemmy.world
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To make it work, just add one year every year.

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vrighter@discuss.tchncs.de
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their “successful proof of concept” video was hilariously very visibly tumbling out of control

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