cm0002@lemmy.world to Space@lemmy.world · 23 hours agoGiant catapult sends satellites into space without rocket fuelwww.thebrighterside.newsexternal-linkmessage-square57fedilinkarrow-up1136
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minus-squareMajorllama@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·23 hours agoI want it to work because it would be so fuckin cool. Yeet my ashes into orbit pls.
minus-squaremetaStatic@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·23 hours agogood news 10 successful test flights
minus-squareJeeBaiChow@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·20 hours agoNone of which reached orbit iirc. So y(literal)mmv.
minus-squaremetaStatic@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·20 hours agohmmm, I would not call that successful considering it has 1 job. but I guess actually launching is a good milestone considering the forces involved if anything goes wrong.
minus-squareJeeBaiChow@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·20 hours agoNo worries. Adam savage’s panjandrum showed the large forces could be countered by about 6" of mud.
I want it to work because it would be so fuckin cool. Yeet my ashes into orbit pls.
good news
None of which reached orbit iirc. So y(literal)mmv.
hmmm, I would not call that successful considering it has 1 job.
but I guess actually launching is a good milestone considering the forces involved if anything goes wrong.
No worries. Adam savage’s panjandrum showed the large forces could be countered by about 6" of mud.