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> Existing ship mounted railguns already shoot projectiles around 3km/s. Projectiles of what mass? And with what acceleration? As I understand it, with feasibl
by pdonis 2y ago
> Existing ship mounted railguns already shoot projectiles around 3km/s.
Projectiles of what mass? And with what acceleration? As I understand it, with feasible railgun lengths the acceleration is well above the limit of human tolerance, and the projectile mass is significantly smaller than a typical payload put into LEO by conventional rockets.