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I can't help but wonder if this gigantic slingshot could also be used to hurl spaceships with people inside them. I mean, why not? The forces experienced during
by cs702 4y ago
I can't help but wonder if this gigantic slingshot could also be used to hurl spaceships with people inside them. I mean, why not? The forces experienced during hurl-off (i.e., takeoff) shouldn't be too different from those experienced by, say, fighter-jet pilots doing crazy-intense maneuvers. Perhaps the people inside the hurled ships could be heavily drugged or put in a state of deep sleep? Or am I completely off-base here?
- ecpottinger 4y agoYou need to do some math, the forces are way higher than what a jet pilot feels.
- ecpottinger 4y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpinLaunch https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpinLaunch say the force is 10,000 gees, humans would turn to mush.
- cs702 4y agoThank you. I was only half-joking. OMG, 10,000 G's. That's... ludicrous!