Long range gun launch folks do this all the time, it doesn't have to be a
show-stopper. You hit a wall of heat exiting the barrel and spend a long
time cooling off - you can play some tricks with TPS selection to take the
brunt of it.
philip
On Wed, Jan 29, 2020 at 10:11 PM Troy Prideaux <troy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Not much mention of the aero and thermal loads on the vehicle(s) with the
highest velocity part of the flight profile happening in the densest part
of the atmosphere?
Troy
*From:* arocket-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:arocket-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
*On Behalf Of *Ian M. Garcia
*Sent:* Thursday, 30 January 2020 2:47 PM
*To:* Ben Brockert <wikkit@xxxxxxxxx>; arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
*Subject:* [AR] Spinlaunch article
Because I know Ben Brocker is a fan and doesn’t want to miss a single
article.
https://www.wired.com/story/inside-spinlaunch-the-space-industrys-best-kept-secret/
I was the space industry best kept secret, until now!
ian
