How far down into the earth would we have to drill to make a magnetic accelerator that shoots things into space?
greasy_weggins on
Cool concept, but suspect it will never be more than a concept …. physics are not on the side of the company.
DijajMaqliun on
How many Gs is that?
ArcheniusFartson on
TheCreat1ve on
At some point in the journey of humanity, this is going to be used to dump our trash into space because too many landfills.
Paegaskiller on
Last time I checked they couldn’t even get the payload to leave straight. I think it will be known as yet another money burn with mysteriously disappearing owners.
drumpat01 on
I know they already tested a smaller scale version but I have my doubts.
VegaDelalyre on
A.k.a. “The Space Yeeter”.
hugzilla1889 on
This seems like it would be a lot easier to build on the moon.
Jankapotomous on
James Bond almost died from one of these devices in Moon Raker when will we learn
lordvitamin on
To infinity and bbbbllllargggghhh!
bigbirdyellow on
How the heck does it handle the unbalanced centrifuge after releasing the payload? That thing will shake itself into destruction immediately.
catskilkid on
Astronauts will train at the carnival on the Rotor Ride
ProfetF9 on
Just use magnets
inQntrol on
Nice animation. Show me the thing in real life and I’ll actually be wowed
unrealistic Physics is more likely, do they don’t seem to take into account air at all, as at the speed required for leaving earths gravitational pull, you will run into problems with air resistance, and Burn up do to that air resistance. neat concept, but not getting past simulation sadly.
Pale_Plenty_1913 on
This thing has been doing the rounds for a few years…..
Silverlisk on
TheTowerDefender on
as a rule of thumb: if an object A moves fast (TM) through a medium B, it’s momentum gets cancelled by the time it has displaced its own mass. The air column straight up has about a mass of 1kg per cm2 (more if going up at an angle). so for each cm2 of cross section you need at least 1kg of mass.
most of that energy will become heat though, so you’ll need a big fuckoff heatshield.
There’s a reason why rockets spend most of their time accelerating outside of the atmosphere and why planes fly at 10km above ground
Survive1014 on
This feels like big brain vaporware.
TonyYayo11 on
Video has the foreboding TikTok music so you know it’s legit
SecretOrganization60 on
They teamed up with Elio Motors to launch on the same day it ships.
flush101 on
There are multiple, incredibly detailed videos on why this is a snake oil hype concept and nothing more.
SourceBrilliant4546 on
Investor scam.
Mecha-Dave on
Great for spheres in a vacuum, but:
1) Throwing a cylinder shaped object will result in the cylinder spinning violently around its center of mass
2) Throwing anything into an atmosphere will very rapidly slow/heat it.
_Abnormal_Thoughts_ on
“I bet I could throw a payload over them mountains”
MasterBorealis on
Doesn’t work. They are still milking some millions, but they were debunked hundreds of times already.
They started the company in 2014, 11 years ago, nothing happened, because:
– How to maintain the vacuum at the proposed operational speeds?
– How will the cargo survive the intense G forces?
– The release timing. A microsecond of error and it will be launched to another galaxy.
– Upon release, how will the materials behave because they were in a state of vacuum at crazy speeds and in a millisecond at full atmospheric pressure? The drag will be immense…instantly.
… and many more.
18randomcharacters on
So imagine a huge arm spinning fast enough to throw a mass into space.
And then imagine what will happen when the mass at the end of the arm leaves. The center of mass of the rotating system changes drastically. The thing will tear itself apart after 1 launch.
Or you spend twice as much energy to swing twice as much mass, and somehow fling the “dead weight” end in the opposite direction (the ground) at the same moment.
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How far down into the earth would we have to drill to make a magnetic accelerator that shoots things into space?
Cool concept, but suspect it will never be more than a concept …. physics are not on the side of the company.
How many Gs is that?
At some point in the journey of humanity, this is going to be used to dump our trash into space because too many landfills.
Last time I checked they couldn’t even get the payload to leave straight. I think it will be known as yet another money burn with mysteriously disappearing owners.
I know they already tested a smaller scale version but I have my doubts.
A.k.a. “The Space Yeeter”.
This seems like it would be a lot easier to build on the moon.
James Bond almost died from one of these devices in Moon Raker when will we learn
To infinity and bbbbllllargggghhh!
How the heck does it handle the unbalanced centrifuge after releasing the payload? That thing will shake itself into destruction immediately.
Astronauts will train at the carnival on the Rotor Ride
Just use magnets
Nice animation. Show me the thing in real life and I’ll actually be wowed
Debunked:
https://youtu.be/9ziGI0i9VbE
Part 2:
https://youtu.be/ibSJ_yy96iE
The idea is simple: *YEET*
unrealistic Physics is more likely, do they don’t seem to take into account air at all, as at the speed required for leaving earths gravitational pull, you will run into problems with air resistance, and Burn up do to that air resistance. neat concept, but not getting past simulation sadly.
This thing has been doing the rounds for a few years…..
as a rule of thumb: if an object A moves fast (TM) through a medium B, it’s momentum gets cancelled by the time it has displaced its own mass. The air column straight up has about a mass of 1kg per cm2 (more if going up at an angle). so for each cm2 of cross section you need at least 1kg of mass.
most of that energy will become heat though, so you’ll need a big fuckoff heatshield.
There’s a reason why rockets spend most of their time accelerating outside of the atmosphere and why planes fly at 10km above ground
This feels like big brain vaporware.
Video has the foreboding TikTok music so you know it’s legit
They teamed up with Elio Motors to launch on the same day it ships.
There are multiple, incredibly detailed videos on why this is a snake oil hype concept and nothing more.
Investor scam.
Great for spheres in a vacuum, but:
1) Throwing a cylinder shaped object will result in the cylinder spinning violently around its center of mass
2) Throwing anything into an atmosphere will very rapidly slow/heat it.
“I bet I could throw a payload over them mountains”
Doesn’t work. They are still milking some millions, but they were debunked hundreds of times already.
They started the company in 2014, 11 years ago, nothing happened, because:
– How to maintain the vacuum at the proposed operational speeds?
– How will the cargo survive the intense G forces?
– The release timing. A microsecond of error and it will be launched to another galaxy.
– Upon release, how will the materials behave because they were in a state of vacuum at crazy speeds and in a millisecond at full atmospheric pressure? The drag will be immense…instantly.
… and many more.
So imagine a huge arm spinning fast enough to throw a mass into space.
And then imagine what will happen when the mass at the end of the arm leaves. The center of mass of the rotating system changes drastically. The thing will tear itself apart after 1 launch.
Or you spend twice as much energy to swing twice as much mass, and somehow fling the “dead weight” end in the opposite direction (the ground) at the same moment.