Comments by "Samson Soturian" (@samsonsoturian6013) on "Can We Throw Satellites to Space? - SpinLaunch" video.

  1. 30:30 The reason for this is at high speeds the projectile cuts through the air like a knife rather than push it out of the way like a hammer
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  2. Critics of this point out the level of precision needed to use this may be actually impossible, but I don't know.
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  3. He wrote of a giant gun, and none of the methods he described would actually work.
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  4. Yes, that's a major issue as the rocket wants to keep spinning.
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  5. Watch the video
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  6. They're still operational
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  7.  @tjv6976  you knew what I meant
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  8.  @tjv6976  liar
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  9. What about the idea of a giant gun? It hasn't been seriously researched ever since the lead scientist was assassinated (he was working for Saddam's nuclear program).
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  10. What are you talking about?
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  11. Watch the video
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  12. Found the crypto scammer
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  13. None that I know of
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  14. We already got a ton of ICBMs from the Cold War, we don't need more.
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  15. China's railgun projects have been defunct for years, and they never even actively tested one meant for space launches. If they really wanted to improve their space program they'd build a rocket that didn't depend on hypergolics.
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  16.  @brofist1959  Watch the video. Electricity is cheap and plentiful in the civilized world. And it's SpaceX, and they aren't using hydrogen.
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  17.  @brofist1959  Hardeehar. Try 6 dollars a kilo, and is only used in rockets for that reason. Liquid methane (which is what SpaceX Raptor engines ACTUALLY USES) costs roughly half that, is a lot more energy dense, and is the main part in natural gas that is piped all over the world to heat homes. Also the Merlin engine uses RP-1 which is just highly refined jet fuel.
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  18. Watch the video
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  19.  @vaughnkingston6902  no, there was space travel books before that. Edgar Allan Poe wrote one involving a giant balloon and a wonder material lighter than hydrogen.
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  20. Watch the video
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  21. So?
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  22.  @Amenti_H  shut up
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  23. Shut up and watch the video.
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  24. The rocket is a self-stabilizing projectile (I.E. it is shaped like a dart). The force of the air will straighten it.
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  25. Watch the video
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  26. I can't find what g-load will break a CPU, so I guess that's why you have this experiment.
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  27. Googling... I can't find the max g-load for a CPU anywhere, so I suppose that's why you need the experiments from the video. And I assume the counterweight will be proportionately sized for the job.
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  28. Impossible (unless carbon nanotubes become an off the shelf product).
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  29.  @international-arms-dealer  Deep in the video they said they were surprised a lot of these components withstand the g-loads they do, but then again these space thingies are made to be super light and g-loads go down the lighter you are. Some things had to be folded up in a way so they wouldn't break, though.
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  30. Just as viable, I don't know if it would be better.
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  31. There was one scientist that was working on that, but got fired for being a jerkwad. So he defected to Iraq and worked for Saddam's nuclear program. The Israelis killed him, and since his techniques were so secret he wouldn't even tell his own employees, the project died with him.
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