Tankiedesantski [he/him]@hexbear.net to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 8 months agoXi Jinping announces Ace Combat themed 5 year planhexbear.netimagemessage-square108fedilinkarrow-up1192arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up1192arrow-down1imageXi Jinping announces Ace Combat themed 5 year planhexbear.netTankiedesantski [he/him]@hexbear.net to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square108fedilinkfile-text
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3255351/nasas-dream-comes-true-china-plans-build-giant-rail-gun-launch-hypersonic-planes-space
minus-squareParzivus [any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·edit-28 months agoI wonder how they plan to handle the heat generated? Maybe you don’t need the same kind of acceleration for a rail launcher than with a rail gun.
minus-squareProfessorOwl_PhD [any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·8 months agoIf they used the same acceleration as a rail gun they’d only be sending bodies to space, not people.
minus-squaregaycomputeruser [she/her]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·8 months agoThe plans ive seen for similar stuff are cargo only.
minus-squareProfessorOwl_PhD [any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·8 months agoSure, but they’ve specified they plan to transport people and cargo.
minus-squarefox [comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·8 months agoLong enough track and it’s probably fine
minus-squareD61 [any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·8 months agoI mean… a gun would need a much shorter distance to launch a projectile to be useful. A rail launcher for spacecraft could be WAY longer and still be useful, maybe that will help keep heat under control?
I wonder how they plan to handle the heat generated? Maybe you don’t need the same kind of acceleration for a rail launcher than with a rail gun.
If they used the same acceleration as a rail gun they’d only be sending bodies to space, not people.
The plans ive seen for similar stuff are cargo only.
Sure, but they’ve specified they plan to transport people and cargo.
Long enough track and it’s probably fine
I mean… a gun would need a much shorter distance to launch a projectile to be useful. A rail launcher for spacecraft could be WAY longer and still be useful, maybe that will help keep heat under control?