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Spinlaunch: BUSTED!

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Spinlaunch: BUSTED!

Thunderf00t critiques SpinLaunch, the startup that proposes flinging payloads to space with a giant centrifuge. He argues the physics and engineering do not hold up.

HN points to it as the skeptical debunking of SpinLaunch whenever the company or similar launch concepts come up.

5 Hacker News mentions · 2021–2023

Topics

  • Space exploration & spaceflight
  • Fundamental physics

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