• plinky [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    It’s still would be like 1-2 km, if they aim at 10g. And they still need to find another 20 machs from rocket booster.

    Doing full railgun with small rockets is more poggers (without humans obv ) shrug-outta-hecks

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      Tests will be carried out at 1.2 mile long low-vacuum track high-speed maglev test facility in Datong, generally used when researching magnetic levitation train technology

      Within coming years, the Datong test facility will be extended to 37.2 miles long, to achieve a maximum operating speed of a staggering 5,000km/h.

      biiiiig track incoming

      from daily mail

      • Nakoichi [he/him]@hexbear.net
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        That would still be a rough ride for a person, but it could absolutely revolutionize getting construction materials into orbit.