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BrianHG:
Spinlaunch... Can it succeed?
Do you think they will ever get a payload to low Earth orbit?
Do you think they will ever achieve their claimed multiple launches per day?

Nusa:

--- Quote from: BrianHG on November 17, 2021, 07:53:37 am ---Spinlaunch... Can it succeed?
Do you think they will ever get a payload to low Earth orbit?
Do you think they will ever achieve their claimed multiple launches per day?

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Depends on your definition of success. Technically, probably. As a business, I don't know. Being limited to payloads that can tolerate high G is a bummer.
Probably. But at what cost?
If they can do one launch, they can do two. Second launch 23 hours after the first on the same day would satisfy the question.

Marco:
You could imagine it being used for bulk materials for a space station. The containment structure can be a heavy steel construction and then you just fill it with liquid oxygen or water or whatever you need up there.

I don't think satellites will like the G and tidal forces.

PS. the video makes a point about the shift in the centre of gravity the moment the rocket is released, you'd think the other arm would have a similar weight which gets launched and disintegrates into a pool, but maybe I'm underestimating the strength of the materials.

jpanhalt:
@Marco
I agree with you.  Ultracentrifuges that get a little unbalanced are known to go through walls.  Of course, launching an identical projectile simultaneously in the opposite direction will have its own set of problems.

Nusa:

--- Quote from: jpanhalt on November 17, 2021, 12:26:18 pm ---@Marco
I agree with you.  Ultracentrifuges that get a little unbalanced are known to go through walls.  Of course, launching an identical projectile simultaneously in the opposite direction will have its own set of problems.

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Doesn't have to be identical at all, just the same mass. Opening a water chamber on the opposite side could do it.
Alternately, a replacement mass could fall down the firing arm as the projectile is released. Or could even be part of the release mechanism when it arrives.

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