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A thought I just had, could a hyperloop like technology be used to launch ships into orbit? Why or why not?

• DonPedro 13y ago
  Not by itself, but maybe in combination with another technology: http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2010-11/nasa-engineers-propose-combining-rail-gun-and-scramjet-fire-spacecraft-orbit http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2010-11/nasa-engine... Whatever you were launching would have to move through normal air, not the minimal pressure you have in the Hyperloop tube. It is hard to pass an airlock at supersonic velocities...
  • tocomment 13y ago
    Could you gradually re-introduce air pressure at the end of the tube before the payload exits towards orbit?