So a startup raised $40 million to catapult stuff into space.
https://www.geekwire.com/2018/spinlaunch-raises-40m-airbus-google-others-space-catapult/
Good lord, I must be in the wrong business >_<
These investors will give their money to anyone.
I get that SpinLaunch is in stealth mode and details are scarce, but the odds of this working on Earth are 0% right?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpinLaunch
https://www.geekwire.com/2018/spinlaunch-raises-40m-airbus-google-others-space-catapult/
Wen Hsieh, general partner at Kleiner Perkins, said he and fellow investors were “very intrigued” by the fact that SpinLaunch’s system doesn’t plan to rely on traditional chemical rocket propulsion to get its vehicles off the ground.
“SpinLaunch can be powered by renewable energy sources such as solar and wind, thereby eliminating the use of toxic and dangerous rocket fuels,” Hsieh said. “SpinLaunch’s unique and proprietary approach to place satellites into low Earth orbit is not only highly cost-efficient, but also safe and green.”
Good lord, I must be in the wrong business >_<
These investors will give their money to anyone.
I get that SpinLaunch is in stealth mode and details are scarce, but the odds of this working on Earth are 0% right?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpinLaunch
Technology
SpinLaunch intends to develop a space launch technology that aims to reduce dependency on traditional chemical rockets. Instead, a novel technology will use a large centrifuge to store energy and will then rapidly transfer that energy into a catapult to send a payload to space at up to 4,800 kilometres per hour (3,000 mph). If successful, the acceleration concept is projected to be both lower cost and use much less power, with the price of a single space launch reduced to under US$500,000.[2] The speed required to maintain Low Earth orbit is 27,000 kilometres per hour (17,000 mph).