Tankiedesantski [he/him] to [email protected]English • 1 year agoXi Jinping announces Ace Combat themed 5 year planhexbear.netimagemessage-square99fedilinkarrow-up1173
arrow-up1173imageXi Jinping announces Ace Combat themed 5 year planhexbear.netTankiedesantski [he/him] to [email protected]English • 1 year agomessage-square99fedilink
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3255351/nasas-dream-comes-true-china-plans-build-giant-rail-gun-launch-hypersonic-planes-space
minus-squarejack [he/him, comrade/them]linkfedilinkEnglish9•1 year agoIt’s probably a high speed launch assist, not the entire source of escape velocity.
minus-squareAwoo [she/her]linkfedilinkEnglish4•1 year agoThat sounds so funny though. How would you even do that? Build something like a particle accelerator except it’s a launching railgun the size of China?
minus-squareDyingOfDeBordom [none/use name]linkfedilinkEnglish4•1 year agoI mean yeah why not if it means you can partially reach escape velocity with like solar powered electricity vs going the entire way 100% on burning rocket fuel
It’s probably a high speed launch assist, not the entire source of escape velocity.
That sounds so funny though.
How would you even do that? Build something like a particle accelerator except it’s a launching railgun the size of China?
I mean yeah why not if it means you can partially reach escape velocity with like solar powered electricity vs going the entire way 100% on burning rocket fuel