https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3255351/nasas-dream-comes-true-china-plans-build-giant-rail-gun-launch-hypersonic-planes-space

  • Tankiedesantski [he/him]
    hexagon
    ·
    9 months ago

    "We have perfected instantaneous teleportation."

    "Pfffft, Star Trek did it."

    • retrolasered@lemmy.zip
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      9 months ago

      No rail launchers arent new, they just havent been invested in for space travel. At a guess id say because they are expensive and end up stuck in one place, which adds limitations later on