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To: Red Badger

“launch horizontally using a rocket-powered sled”

How long is the track? How big is the ramp at the end of the track?

I guess this precludes manned space launches. It would scramble your brain and innards.


13 posted on 01/24/2022 10:50:26 AM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (81 million votes...and NOT ONE "Build Back Better" hat)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

You dolt! Read the article: “crewed missions of up to five days”

So these won’t be 10g to 12g rocket sled accelerations.


14 posted on 01/24/2022 10:52:04 AM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (81 million votes...and NOT ONE "Build Back Better" hat)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Heinlein envisioned a ramp up Kit’s Peak...................


18 posted on 01/24/2022 10:56:45 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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