I talked about Spinlaunch a few years ago, they wanted to reduce space launch costs by throwing the launch vehicles out of a spinning launcher at hypersonic speeds. I was somewhat skeptical as to the chances of solving the engineering problems inherent in this, but recently they demonstrated a mach 1 launch using their 1/3 scale launcher, so they're already making progress on developing a viable launch syste,
Interesting...
mach 1 launch
They still have a long way to reach the expected speed (> mach 4)
They still have a long way to reach the expected speed (> mach 4)
Yes indeed, but if Manley is correct they are making progress. Small progress, but progress none the less.
This is an embarassment to whoever thought to put investment into this.
There are so many flaws, from nonsensical amount of g forces the payload will experience, throwing the rocket at maximum velocity straight into atmosphere will disintegrate the rocket etc.
It is physically impossible.
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