Valkorado
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« on: May 05, 2022, 08:54:39 AM » |
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I've been watching this company for awhile. They have developed a radical centrifugal rocket launcher that can fling satellites, etc. into orbit at a fraction of the cost of traditional rocket launches. The centrifuges are gargantuan, and the company is in the process of making even larger ones. They finally attached a camera for some video footage. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEVD9k2GLXkIt is very cool technology indeed. Any volunteers to be a cannonball? It could make ya feel a bit woozy.  |
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« Reply #1 on: May 05, 2022, 09:12:38 AM » |
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Very cool concept, I wish them much success!
Although, I doubt any human would survive the G forces required to achieve such speeds but cool to get smaller satellites into orbit very inexpensively!
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Valkorado
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« Reply #2 on: May 05, 2022, 09:18:03 AM » |
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Very cool concept, I wish them much success!
Although, I doubt any human would survive the G forces required to achieve such speeds but cool to get smaller satellites into orbit very inexpensively!
Ya, they'd better experiment with rats first. Maybe start with Psaki.  joking, of course |
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« Reply #3 on: May 05, 2022, 09:43:56 AM » |
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It is cool to hear the POP as the vacuum seal is pierced by the projectile. I wonder how they handle the imbalance that is created when the launch vehicle is released, a counterweight that is released at the same time as the launch vehicle perhaps? A very interesting technology indeed.
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« Reply #4 on: May 05, 2022, 09:52:51 AM » |
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Trebuchet to space.   I always liked the scary carnival rides, but I am not taking a trebuchet to space. Or across the field either. Perfect for returning illegals to Mexico though. |
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« Reply #5 on: May 05, 2022, 10:09:49 AM » |
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Very cool concept, I wish them much success!
Although, I doubt any human would survive the G forces required to achieve such speeds but cool to get smaller satellites into orbit very inexpensively!
Ya, they'd better experiment with rats first. Maybe start with Psaki. joking, of course Pelosi can be her copilot. |
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« Reply #6 on: May 05, 2022, 10:57:02 AM » |
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How does the projectile then go into orbit?
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« Reply #7 on: May 05, 2022, 11:34:15 AM » |
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How does the projectile then go into orbit?
If they can accelerate it to 25,020 MPH at release it can reach orbit without further power. Once an object is free of Earth's gravity, small thrusters could then be used to correct position to get it where it needs to be and maintain that position. |
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How does the projectile then go into orbit?
If they can accelerate it to 25,020 MPH at release it can reach orbit without further power. Once an object is free of Earth's gravity, small thrusters could then be used to correct position to get it where it needs to be and maintain that position.  |
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« Reply #10 on: May 06, 2022, 06:02:54 PM » |
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When I first saw this I realized that I had not heard of it before. Now, in my youth (and even later into adulthood) I was an avid science fiction reader. Science fiction is only fiction until it is turned into reality. Anyway, I remembered a way to get into space with minimal cost and basically minimal risk. It had something to do with a rotating cable. What happens is you find a space on earth to mount the end of the cable and then the other end is placed 36,000 miles up along the Geosynchronous belt. The upper part stays in place due to where it is located. The bottom end is anchored the earth. A cable rotates between the two points carrying cargo up and down. Here is a write up. https://www.isec.org/se-whatis-willdo |
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« Reply #11 on: May 06, 2022, 07:03:37 PM » |
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if you have ever read the Old Man's War series ( blow your mind stuff) the space elevator is used early on
john scalzi wrote it years ago It may be made into a movie but as always I recommend to read the book 1st
If you can get it read it
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