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>> No.11031897 [View]
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Why don't we just use mass drivers for a reasonable level of acceleration to assist SSTO's to carry larger payloads or use less fuel? Why do people think mass drivers should go into backbreaking acceleration or be taller than Mt Everest?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlY7o0qAdqQ

>> No.10866071 [View]
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlY7o0qAdqQ
Remind me why we cannot build mass drivers.

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