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If we're not going to worry about living payloads, why not just use a circular rail gun? (A macro scale cyclotron if you will.) It has no moving parts (except p
by Tloewald 13y ago
If we're not going to worry about living payloads, why not just use a circular rail gun? (A macro scale cyclotron if you will.) It has no moving parts (except perhaps the exit point), it doesn't need to be a spiral, it doesn't all need to be mounted on a moving platform.
- DanielBMarkham 13y agoI agree. I didn't use this specific configuration either. All I meant was the general idea of slinging cargo from the surface into LEO. Much, much cheaper than using explosives to dead-lift things out of the gravity well.