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It's about the payload. It is also accelerating. It would be flattened to a crisp.
by anonytrary 9y ago
It's about the payload. It is also accelerating. It would be flattened to a crisp.
- stcredzero 9y agoAnything like this should be assumed to be launching bulk payloads or hardened payloads. For machines 10's of g's is not that big a deal. It's challenging, but quite doable. For lots of kinds of bulk cargo, it's not a big deal.
- anonytrary 9y agoYeah, I'm sure certain restricted types of cargo may be launched this way. We will still need rockets for the vast majority of cargo types.