“How is the payload going to survive the enormous centrifugal force that would unavoidably accompany the process of achieving escape velocity prior to launch via trebuchet?”
The G forces aren’t the obstacle some seem to think for many payloads. Spinlaunch has done a lot of testing, and even cell phones have survived 10,000 Gs when suitably supported.
Also, this concept is extremely well suited for use in a vacuum...say on the lunar surface. It is a low power, low cost, high volume system.
I do agree that without very careful engineering the full-scale Mach 7 system has the potential for spectacular accidents...
BTW, to address a few other comments, this isn’t intended for full orbital velocity. It replaces the first stage, there’s still a second stage motor on the projectile.
“...replaces the first stage...”
Ohhhh! Got it. Thx.👍