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@MikeNovelli
September 6, 2026 at 8:11 am
Do you have a permit for that?
Someone call the ATF!!!
That’s not a practical way to get satellites into space… Might as well pretend Quantum computers are going to work well while we’re at it…. And scalable data centers in space…. So much vaporware being peddled to capture investor capital from people who don’t know any better 🤦🏼
@Pako-ft7qf
September 6, 2026 at 8:25 am
For sure a civilian airplane is going down
@ropro9817
September 6, 2026 at 9:16 am
Nah, they could power it using nuclear fusion 😂
@ropro9817
September 6, 2026 at 9:17 am
@Pako-ft7qf and probably a few hundred birds on every launch 😂
@threesixty4486
September 6, 2026 at 8:54 am
So what would be the benefit of using gas instead of “just” building a very long railgun? You’d have much more control over the acceleration and exit speeds.
@ross-carlson
September 6, 2026 at 11:46 am
The problem is acceleration – the morons building the spin launch thing have the same issue – to “throw” it hard enough you have to have EXTREME g-forces at launch, destroying basically any payload we’d want to send. So unless they can slowly accelerate it – which I think it doubtful, this won’t work.
I’d LOVE to be wrong.
@Br3tn777
September 6, 2026 at 12:43 pm
@ross-carlsonYhh, I remember watching a video on a railgun assisted orbital launcher from SubjectZeroScience. Acceleration and the energy required are 2 major technological hurdles we have to pass.
@ropro9817
September 6, 2026 at 9:16 am
But in the full scale version, how are they going to maintain (and increase) pressure over a 10 meter diameter tube that’s 15 km long? 🤔
@alistairlacaille
September 6, 2026 at 9:31 am
I knew about magnetic mass drivers, and I discovered spinning mass drivers more recently, but I never knew there was a gas powered option. That’s dope!
@BookishlyBohemian
September 6, 2026 at 10:09 am
Let’s not do that.
@willcookmakeup
September 6, 2026 at 10:10 am
Hmmm…it’s an interesting idea, very curious to see if we’ll see it completed in our lifetime. Still baffled me how people get funding for stuff like this lmfao
@mattwilliams1168
September 6, 2026 at 11:48 am
So another Spin launch that’ll never actually work.
@ross-carlson
September 6, 2026 at 11:50 am
And all those g-forces – 200g? And you want sensitive electronics in orbit then this is NOT the way.
Wonder how much money they’ll waste before they stop.
@Br3tn777
September 6, 2026 at 12:41 pm
This reminds me of a @SubjectZeroScience conceptual video on a railgun assisted orbital lanucher. I will say that while the physical constraints presented in that video look to be the same here, (ultra long tracks, G forces, etc), the method of propulsion and the energies required look to be much more feasible. Godspeed Longshot!
@SaiGe-r9i
September 6, 2026 at 12:47 pm
So what would be the benefit of using gas instead of “just” building a very long railgun? You’d have much more control over the acceleration and exit speeds. ……
@TheTransformationBodySwap01
September 6, 2026 at 1:38 pm
Sounds like the MASS device used in the anime series Gundam Seed and Gundam Seed Destiny.
@christophermontoya5526
September 6, 2026 at 1:45 pm
Wow
@AkbarZG
September 6, 2026 at 2:05 pm
@3:55, it’s still not clear to me. How it will go to space when it’s not pointing towards the sky?
@J.J.A.S
September 6, 2026 at 2:41 pm
Excelente video, gracias por el audio en español❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
@mhughes1160
September 6, 2026 at 3:04 pm
This is a version of Hilter’s mega gun designed to launch projectiles across the English Channel in WW2
@tbeehler
September 6, 2026 at 4:28 pm
As Gerard Bull all about that.
@trexeyesonly55
September 6, 2026 at 6:20 pm
Jules Verne
@kusumayogi7956
September 6, 2026 at 8:16 pm
Hhmm..
@galacticmaui2
September 6, 2026 at 8:47 pm
And then the AI takes over control and we all die.