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Multiple engines, and engines mounted on shock absorbers tuned to dampen out pulses.
by api 3y ago
Multiple engines, and engines mounted on shock absorbers tuned to dampen out pulses.
- Terr_ 3y agoI have this amusing vision of a rocket ship that resembles a Slinky™ dog, the rear propulsion section connected to the habitable front by an exaggerated spring.
- api 3y agoMore likely you’d have the engines flying out in front on tethers, so like a skier behind a thermonuclear ski boat. Tethers would weigh a lot less than springs. You could also have fully electromagnetic “springs” using powerful superconducting magnets.