• @[email protected]
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    28 hours ago

    Hmm, but if the acceleration is gradual, shouldn’t it be fine?

    Or are you referring to the constant centripetal acceleration felt by the object as it’s spinning?

    Man is physics class far away

    • @Bimfred
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      17 hours ago

      The centripetal acceleration. It’s going to ramp up fast. There’s also the concern of what’s gonna happen to the payload when it’s released, exits the vacuum chamber and smacks right the fuck into the dense low-level atmosphere at a significant Mach number. Cause that’s what has to happen if the goal is to reduce the need for onboard propellant.