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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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