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cm0002@lemmy.world to [Dormant] moved to !space@mander.xyz@lemmy.world · 3 months ago

Giant catapult sends satellites into space without rocket fuel

www.thebrighterside.news

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Giant catapult sends satellites into space without rocket fuel

www.thebrighterside.news

cm0002@lemmy.world to [Dormant] moved to !space@mander.xyz@lemmy.world · 3 months ago
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Instead of using traditional rocket fuel, SpinLaunch uses a massive rotating arm to propel satellites into Earth orbit solely by electricity
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    Can we use this to throw people we don’t like?

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      It would squish them first.

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        That’s fine we didn’t like them to begin with.

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        Spin your enemies at high speeds in a vacuum until they’re dead then launch their corpses into space

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          I think I saw this in one of the bond films. Only his watch saved him iirc.

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        Throwing them is gonna kill them anyway, squishing is fine

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