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Magnetic Ring Could Launch Satellites!

 
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 03, 2006 5:57 pm    Post subject: Magnetic Ring Could Launch Satellites! Reply with quote
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A new study funded by the US Air Force has suggested a cheaper method of
ing satellites (possibly missile weapons) into orbit. A 2-km-wide ring of
superconducting magnets would contain and propel a payload, accelerating it over
a period of hours, before suddenly

flinging the satellite into space at 23 times the speed...read more
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