Re:Why Bezos’ rocket is unprecedented–and worth taking serio...
by samstave on Tuesday September 13, 2016 @01:45PM
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If it's tilted at 45 degrees, how high will it be after twenty miles????
Make the bottom of the launcher a tube connected to some really deep part of the ocean and use massive floats to help support the weight of the structure then you have less structure to support in open air. You load the pods from sea level, then drop them down the rail-mortar and let computers and robotics handle the rest
Make the bottom of the launcher a tube connected to some really deep part of the ocean and use massive floats to help support the weight of the structure then you have less structure to support in open air. You load the pods from sea level, then drop them down the rail-mortar and let computers and robotics handle the rest