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@Kilroy70
If the spring was strong enough we could launch satellites with it.

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@sonhouse said
@Kilroy70
If the spring was strong enough we could launch satellites with it.
NASA builds huge Daisy BB gun to launch vehicles into space.
Film at 11:00

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@gambrel said
NASA builds huge Daisy BB gun to launch vehicles into space.
Film at 11:00
That's old news. 120 years ago a manned space craft was launched using the same technology you described.
You can see for yourself in a documentary entitled: A Trip to the Moon.

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@kilroy70 said
That's old news. 120 years ago a manned space craft was launched using the same technology you described.
You can see for yourself in a documentary entitled: A Trip to the Moon.
There is the slingshot in the video you posted. They are also looking into a centrifuge launcher project.

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@gambrel said
NASA builds huge Daisy BB gun to launch vehicles into space.
Film at 11:00