Comments by "Kevin Street" (@Kevin_Street) on "Can We Throw Satellites to Space? - SpinLaunch" video.

  1. It seem counterintuitive to send fuel into orbit one little payload at a time, but if the math works out like Spinlaunch is saying it would be way cheaper than using a Falcon 9.
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  2.  @Fluugan  This doesn't affect your main point much at all, but in the spirit of nitpicking... The projectile wouldn't have to endure 10 000 Gs for the entire hour. I've no idea how increase in G forces mathematically relates to increase in RPMs here, but the graph of G force vs. time would start with 1 and end with 10 000. If it was a linear relation the total force endured by the projectile would be about half of what it would endure at a full 10 000 Gs for an hour. No doubt the actual line would be a bit more curvy and the area a little harder to determine. Having said all that, it's still a lot of force for an electric toothbrush or a DVD set to endure. Deliveries would definitely tend to arrive broken, even without considering the impact at landing.
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  3. I love the documentary. Congrats on a great new video, Real Engineering. And I'm really intrigued by the Brilliant course. I'm going to dust off my old Brilliant login and check it out.
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