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Re:Why Bezos’ rocket is unprecedented–and worth taking serio... by jcoffland on Tuesday September 13, 2016 @04:24PM (#12491911)
You could use a 200km evacuated tube. There is of course the issue of maintaining the vacuum as the vehicle exits. This could be managed using a pair of diaphragm shutters. Then only the space between the shutters would need to be reevacuated after a launch. Shutter failure would be disastrous.

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