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Yes, the centripetal acceleration only starts to get reasonable (ie less than 10g) with a 20km radius centrifuge. The only practical way to do that would be an

Yes, the centripetal acceleration only starts to get reasonable (ie less than 10g) with a 20km radius centrifuge. The only practical way to do that would be an evacuated circular tunnel equipped with a maglev. Maybe that's their solution?

oh_sigh 9y ago
That's starting to sound like a hyperloop now
- TipVFL 9y ago
  It would be pretty cool if Musk was using Hyperloop as a proving ground for technologies to build Hyperlaunch.
- abakker 9y ago
  Please let him be playing the long game. Hyperloop, magnets, battery arrays, solar, boring company, etc sounds pretty cool.
justinpombrio 9y ago
> Yes, the centripetal acceleration only starts to get reasonable (ie less than 10g) That's reasonable _for humans_. No one's going to launch a human by this thing, though, I hope.