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by baldfat 3876 days ago
Squished human beings, but good for some cargo. Would be cool if we could shoot fuel and metal into space, but the heat would be through the roof through the first layer of atmosphere.
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Well, thew bigger the railgun, the less it squishes the humans.

You'll also need some rockets to get into orbit. But I always wondered how much of the rocket one could replace with a rail.