|
 MeansDarling rated 25 months ago- Oh so very awesome! Space launch ring. From the page: "Or how 'bout this. We build a gigantic ring superconducting electromagnetic track with a diameter of 2 kilometers in the desert and continuously increase the speed of an object until it reaches 10 k/s and then shift the track to an i...
|
|
7 Reviews
-
-
- GloriousShamash rated 13 months ago
- It doesn't seem very practical even for a weapon. If you wanted a weapon, a space-based railgun would be much easier.
- Zharkov rated 24 months ago
- Sounds nice... But once launched how do you control it? Giant Electromagnetic Space Launch Base, we have a probleme...
- catahibazon rated 25 months ago
-
nascar
2.0
- Xstealth rated 25 months ago
- A HUGE circular track designed to send space-bound satellites racing up to almost unimaginable speeds, would then be ejected up into an orbit around Earth.
- CthulhuDagon rated 25 months ago
- "The kind of G forces that would have any living organism seeping into the upholstery before launch. " Sounds good, where do I sign up?
- MeansDarling rated 25 months ago
- Oh so very awesome! Space launch ring. From the page: "Or how 'bout this. We build a gigantic ring superconducting electromagnetic track with a diameter of 2 kilometers in the desert and continuously increase the speed of an object until it reaches 10 k/s and then shift the track to an inclined portion that rockets the object into orbit! Amazing! This has been proposed before, but usually with a straight length of track that would have to either be extremely long, or give the satellite a massive amount of speed in a short time."
- cirrostratus rated 25 months ago
-
Giant Electromagnetic Space Launch Ring
"... build a gigantic ring superconducting electromagnetic track with a diameter of 2 kilometers in the desert and continuously increase the speed of an object until it reaches 10 k/s and then shift the track to an inclined portion that rockets the object into orbit! Amazing! This has been proposed before, but usually with a straight length of track that would have to either be extremely long, or give the satellite a massive amount of speed in a short time."
"A recent AirForce study of this very concept has concluded that this device could decrease the cost of launches (and fuel consumed) 100 fold."
|
