cm0002@lemmy.world to [Dormant] moved to !space@mander.xyz@lemmy.world · 3 months agoGiant catapult sends satellites into space without rocket fuelwww.thebrighterside.newsexternal-linkmessage-square73fedilinkarrow-up1156arrow-down169
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minus-squareMajorllama@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·3 months agoI want it to work because it would be so fuckin cool. Yeet my ashes into orbit pls.
minus-squaremetaStatic@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 months agogood news 10 successful test flights
minus-squareJeeBaiChow@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 months agoNone of which reached orbit iirc. So y(literal)mmv.
minus-squaremetaStatic@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agohmmm, I would not call that successful considering it has 1 job. but I guess actually launching is a good milestone considering the forces involved if anything goes wrong.
minus-squareJeeBaiChow@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoNo worries. Adam savage’s panjandrum showed the large forces could be countered by about 6" of mud.
I want it to work because it would be so fuckin cool. Yeet my ashes into orbit pls.
good news
None of which reached orbit iirc. So y(literal)mmv.
hmmm, I would not call that successful considering it has 1 job.
but I guess actually launching is a good milestone considering the forces involved if anything goes wrong.
No worries. Adam savage’s panjandrum showed the large forces could be countered by about 6" of mud.