@cm0002 to Space • 1 month agoGiant catapult sends satellites into space without rocket fuelwww.thebrighterside.newsexternal-linkmessage-square73arrow-up1156arrow-down169cross-posted to: jingszo
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minus-squareMajorllamalink8•1 month agoI want it to work because it would be so fuckin cool. Yeet my ashes into orbit pls.
minus-squaremetaStaticlinkfedilink1•1 month 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-square@JeeBaiChowlink1•1 month 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.