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minus-squareJoShmoelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·6 months agoNASA wanted to shoot astronauts into space? Like going from 0 to 800+ mph in an instant type of shoot?
minus-squareSkua@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up11·6 months agoNASA’s design is a few kilometres long and accelerates the vehicle at about 3 G up to roughly Mach 1. The technology is the same principle as a railgun, but it’s more like a maglev train with a track that ends pointing upwards a bit
NASA wanted to shoot astronauts into space? Like going from 0 to 800+ mph in an instant type of shoot?
NASA’s design is a few kilometres long and accelerates the vehicle at about 3 G up to roughly Mach 1. The technology is the same principle as a railgun, but it’s more like a maglev train with a track that ends pointing upwards a bit