Lotta coulds, ifs and mights in this breathless koolaid-drinker’s puff piece (actually he’s probably just a shill). Lotta rendered images and animations. Lotta lack of anything tangible. Lotta totally irrelevant misdirection in the bottom half of the puff piece.
This isn’t a news piece. Nothing new has been done with this idea. It’s basically an ad (for vaporware). The headline is technically misleading, as no such thing has been done yet.
I didn’t say anything about whether this concept was viable from a physics standpoint.
I said that the article is a puff piece (which it is) and probably a paid advertisement, and that the headline claims that a thing has happened which has not actually happened.
It would work fine in a vacuum, e.g. on the moon. Unfortunately, on earth we have a thick atmosphere to deal with. Orbits are about going sideways VERY fast. If you try and plough through the atmosphere at 7km/second it creates a LOT of heat, and uses a LOT of energy. You also can’t just lob a satellite up. It will need to circularise its orbit, so you need to log an engine and fuel too.
Basically, it’s viable as a technological idea, but not on earth.
Lotta coulds, ifs and mights in this breathless koolaid-drinker’s puff piece (actually he’s probably just a shill). Lotta rendered images and animations. Lotta lack of anything tangible. Lotta totally irrelevant misdirection in the bottom half of the puff piece.
This isn’t a news piece. Nothing new has been done with this idea. It’s basically an ad (for vaporware). The headline is technically misleading, as no such thing has been done yet.
Lmao don’t be so dramatic.
It just takes building enough energy to launch the object of whatever mass.
It’s a mathmatical equation that will be solved by someone someday.
“Just”.
Do you struggle with reading comprehension?
I didn’t say anything about whether this concept was viable from a physics standpoint.
I said that the article is a puff piece (which it is) and probably a paid advertisement, and that the headline claims that a thing has happened which has not actually happened.
It would work fine in a vacuum, e.g. on the moon. Unfortunately, on earth we have a thick atmosphere to deal with. Orbits are about going sideways VERY fast. If you try and plough through the atmosphere at 7km/second it creates a LOT of heat, and uses a LOT of energy. You also can’t just lob a satellite up. It will need to circularise its orbit, so you need to log an engine and fuel too.
Basically, it’s viable as a technological idea, but not on earth.
“sends” in a headline means one thing to most people. They should have said “may one day send” if they wanted to be accurate.
In mice.