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Giant catapult sends satellites into space without rocket fuel (www.thebrighterside.news)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I want it to work because it would be so fuckin cool. Yeet my ashes into orbit pls.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

good news

10 successful test flights

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

None of which reached orbit iirc. So y(literal)mmv.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

hmmm, I would not call that successful considering it has 1 job.

but I guess actually launching is a good milestone considering the forces involved if anything goes wrong.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

No worries. Adam savage's panjandrum showed the large forces could be countered by about 6" of mud.