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Re:SpinLaunch is building a centrifuge to launch satellites ... by TaylorAlexander on Wednesday November 25, 2020 @03:26AM (#25207067)
Starship development continues apace. They’re planning to launch the latest starship vehicle to 50km altitude next week and then perform their difficult landing maneuver 15km from the launch site.

I believe the sweating skin idea has been dropped. See this one hour video for a detailed breakdown of the current state of the design:

https://youtu.be/-8p2JDTd13k

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Re:SpinLaunch is building a centrifuge to launch satellites ... by _Microft on Wednesday November 25, 2020 @04:09AM (#25207299)
It's being launched up to 15km, that's pretty close to 50000 feet, so you might have mixed up the units.
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Re:SpinLaunch is building a centrifuge to launch satellites ... by TaylorAlexander on Wednesday November 25, 2020 @03:17PM (#25213793)
Oooh I see. The tweet I read said 15km/50k ft altitude and I misread that as 15km translation and 50km altitude. Thanks for the correction!
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Re:SpinLaunch is building a centrifuge to launch satellites ... by blackrock on Wednesday November 25, 2020 @04:54AM (#25207552)
The “sweating” feature was the best idea for the spacecraft.

When I first heard of it, I was thinking, this must be a bad April Fool’s joke, or an incredibly great idea. Turns out, it was the former.

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Re:SpinLaunch is building a centrifuge to launch satellites ... by d_theorist on Wednesday November 25, 2020 @03:53AM (#25207213)
Next launch is 15km (not 50).
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