I'm very skeptical, of course I'm not as smart or as informed as many other people so what I'm saying might not mean anything. 1) if the idea is to impart all

I'm very skeptical, of course I'm not as smart or as informed as many other people so what I'm saying might not mean anything. 1) if the idea is to impart all of the kinetic energy needed to get into LEO at once, on the ground, then you are talking ~17,000 MPH worth of KE (though truly, more, because of loss to drag). There's a reason why max-q is an important consideration in the design of space vehicles. The space shuttle reaches max-q at 30K feet, where the density of air is 3x less than at sea level. How do you design your vehicle so that it doesn't turn into dust when it hits 1 ATM at 17,000+ MPH? 2) the centripetal force on the vehicle, prior to launch, will be enormous. So in addition to not deforming and/or burning up the moment the vehicle hits the air, the vehicle also needs to be built sturdily enough to not get crushed while being accelerated. I read Bad Blood a few weekends ago. Holmes hoodwinked investors who wanted to believe that a fairy tale technology could exist, by never publishing or otherwise allowing outside scrutiny of their technology. How is this company different?