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You sent me down a fun rabbit hole for rail-guns, nano-tubes, super conductors, velocity requirements, megajoules required to launch 1,000KG payload into space:
by samstave 2y ago
You sent me down a fun rabbit hole for rail-guns, nano-tubes, super conductors, velocity requirements, megajoules required to launch 1,000KG payload into space:
Imagine a U/C channel of carbon nano tube and corresponding super conducting magnets that act as the rail-gun in the same way an aircraft carrier does...
(The maths in this thread are pretty cool):
You may enjoy this fun short read:
https://chatgpt.com/share/616a4cfb-d091-4d09-97a9-e3e7d3e850af https://chatgpt.com/share/616a4cfb-d091-4d09-97a9-e3e7d3e850...