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This is a perfect example of engineering. He says it at the end - its not something that could ever be arrived at by accident. (And I suspect its not feasible
by lifeisstillgood 5y ago
This is a perfect example of engineering. He says it at the end - its not something that could ever be arrived at by accident. (And I suspect its not feasible to launch sizeable weights (bowling balls) at near mach 1. The Ancient Romans would have been disappointed :-)
- sillysaurusx 5y agoHmm. I'm not so sure about the bowling ball. It seems almost straightforward to scale this up as far as you want. You wouldn't be able to use wood, and the hard part would be to find a winch that won't snap, but it seems like one must exist.
- hoseja 5y agoThe limiting factor seems to be the arm, which would probably become impossible even with modern materials pretty soon as you increase weight.
- clarkmoody 5y agoThe SpinLaunch[1] folks are betting on being able to do it. [1]: https://www.spinlaunch.com/ https://www.spinlaunch.com/
- lifeisstillgood 5y agoWait what. Seriously no they cannot mean it. Surely that's just Jules Verne's big gun in Florida? Is this for real?