Alsephina@lemmy.ml to Not the Onion@lemmy.ml • 6 months agoChina plans to build a giant rail gun to launch hypersonic planes into spaceRemoved by modexternal-linkmessage-square8 fedilinkarrow-up117cross-posted to: technology@lemmygrad.ml
arrow-up117external-linkChina plans to build a giant rail gun to launch hypersonic planes into spaceRemoved by modAlsephina@lemmy.ml to Not the Onion@lemmy.ml • 6 months agomessage-square8 Commentsfedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmygrad.ml
minus-squarefckreddit@lemmy.mlhexbear3·6 months agoActually it could be an interesting idea. Instead of rockets carrying their own propulsion in the form of fuel, which adds to the weight of the rocket. External propulsion, which is what rail gun basically is, could work. linkfedilink
Actually it could be an interesting idea. Instead of rockets carrying their own propulsion in the form of fuel, which adds to the weight of the rocket. External propulsion, which is what rail gun basically is, could work.