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China is building a railgun that can hurl crewed spacecraft into orbit (newatlas.com)

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Rockets being passé, China is working on using an electromagnetic railgun to launch crewed spacecraft the size of a Boeing 737, weighing 50 tonnes, into orbit. This remarkably ambitious project is even more ambitious than it seems at first glance.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

If you want to reach LEO velocity and stay under 5g, you'd need a 860km long railgun...

This was posted in the correct community, because it's about as real as the hyperloop