Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works to Good News Everyone@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 21 days agoBut is it really a catapult?www.thebrighterside.newsexternal-linkmessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up134arrow-down12file-textcross-posted to: technik@feddit.orghackernews@lemmy.bestiver.sefurry_scientists@pawb.social
arrow-up132arrow-down1external-linkBut is it really a catapult?www.thebrighterside.newsMouselemming@sh.itjust.works to Good News Everyone@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 21 days agomessage-square19fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: technik@feddit.orghackernews@lemmy.bestiver.sefurry_scientists@pawb.social
minus-squarethreelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·20 days agoI think they’re too early. Kinetic launchers will be great for yeeting raw materials from moons and asteroids, but launching delicate satellites through Earth’s thick atmosphere seems fraught with challenges.
minus-squareTar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·20 days agoYeah, it would work great on the moon. Not so much down here.
I think they’re too early. Kinetic launchers will be great for yeeting raw materials from moons and asteroids, but launching delicate satellites through Earth’s thick atmosphere seems fraught with challenges.
Yeah, it would work great on the moon. Not so much down here.