Kolya on 11/5/2006 at 12:10
A (
http://www.slingatron.com/) slingatron is a mechanical, hypervelocity, rapid fire, scalable sling. It's intended to shoot satellites into space.
From the (
http://www.slingatron.com/highper1024.htm) looks of it it will use centrifugal energy.
Now I'm not too astro savvy, but I noticed that a few people here seemed to be very interested and knowledgeable in the subject.
Also I liked the name of that thing. :)
jtr7 on 11/5/2006 at 16:50
Is this "Plan B" in case the railgun method doesn't work?
And then there's the space elevator....
:thumb:
dvrabel on 11/5/2006 at 17:11
Heavy, asymetric, rotating loads being accelerated to escape velocity? Who do I write my investment cheque to?
SD on 11/5/2006 at 18:13
Quote Posted by dvrabel
Heavy, asymetric, rotating loads being accelerated to escape velocity?
Peter North already did that.
Strangeblue on 11/5/2006 at 22:01
Quote Posted by Strontium Dog
Peter North already did that.
Yes, but he was aiming the wrong way.
fett on 12/5/2006 at 04:01
If you're looking for gay porn references, StD's your guy. :thumb:
Marecki on 16/5/2006 at 06:29
If you read enough science fiction, you probably know all we have to do to stop armed conflicts is put a huge mass driver on the Moon on somewhere in the inner asteroid belt and aim it at Earth. Of course someone will have to keep their finger on the trigger... so you may just want to invest some money in that project, just in case you know. Tell them Marecki sent you.
Fafhrd on 16/5/2006 at 06:47
or fake an alien invasion.
