[h2odragon]

> "At this point the spacecraft will be subjected to a peak force 10,000 times greater than Earth's gravity, something opponents believe will seriously affect its structural integrity and the safety of its complex electronics."

Centrifugal projectile weapons scale up poorly and have issues even at BB gun scale. Envisioning what happens with a 200lb projectile; leave aside the laughable velocities they're talking, and I want to be well distanced from these people when they power shit up.

I think this is a device for separating investors from money.

[pengaru]

I just assumed they fully expect to pivot into the defense industry.

[jasonwatkinspdx]

This isn't very appealing to defense either, due to the slow spin up.

[pengaru]

This isn't my area of expertise, but judging from some of the extreme physics they're dealing with I'm assuming they're solving problems with potentially lucrative military applications.

[jasonwatkinspdx]

They aren't solving anything, and no, there's no potentially lucrative military applications. This is just an investor scam. Dunno if the founders are true believers it or not, but this thing has 0% chance of producing anything interesting.

[TeMPOraL]

Hypersonic anti-ship missiles are a hot topic these days, maybe this is related.