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shibaozi
shibao@misskey.bubbletea.dev
remember when the us accidentally created a nuclear powered gun and accidentally made a manhole cover become the fastest human created object that did not rely on gravitational slingshotting in history
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imagine if we did this as a sabot, it could clear the atmosphere
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lockheed please hire me
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err not a sabot i meant https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misnay%E2%80%93Schardin_effect
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@shibao and what is gonna survive g-forces like that?
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shibaozi
shibao@misskey.bubbletea.dev
@snacks@netzsphaere.xyz the manhole cover survived but didn't survive the friction in the atmosphere
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@shibao yeah, but you oresumably want to send something more intricate than a slab of cast iron to space
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