China is building a railgun that can hurl crewed spacecraft into orbit
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China is building a railgun that can hurl crewed spacecraft into orbit
https://newatlas.com/space/china-railgun-spacecraft-orbit/
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.
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.