The thing that triggered the question is the spokesman in the article said “the
rocket can be stocky and more of its mass can be dedicated to the payload”.
Now, a “stocky” rocket makes an awful lot of difference to drag, required
release velocity and heating. I guess the question is, does the concept mandate
a “stocky” vehicle/projectile given the lateral G forces involved for launch?
Troy
From: arocket-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:arocket-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On ;
Behalf Of Philip Hahn
Sent: Friday, 31 January 2020 12:55 AM
To: arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [AR] Re: Spinlaunch article
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
<mailto: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
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[mailto: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
<mailto: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
