Re:SpaceX Launches Super-Heavy Communications Satellite
by sitharus on Monday May 15, 2017 @10:48PM
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Something that can withstand the acceleration of a mass driver and the accompanying atmospheric heating while still being light enough to achieve orbit would be quite the feat.
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Re:SpaceX Launches Super-Heavy Communications Satellite
by brianwawok on Tuesday May 16, 2017 @09:35AM
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Would hybrid help? Say mass driver to 1000 m/s before the rocket booster starts?