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Comment author: Elo 08 July 2015 04:53:22AM 0 points [-]

A variation - an acceleration chamber like a synchrotron (or other circular acceleration system), with a flick to release a payload towards space. not sure if it would be viable on something heavier than a particle, and what would happen. to the payload being stretched in various G-forces, or how high you would get. (not being up on my physics enough to say if it would be catastrophic or viable)

Comment author: blake8086 08 July 2015 06:50:13AM 0 points [-]

I think all you need to do to release the payload is to stop flicking it, so that part should be easy.

Comment author: Elo 08 July 2015 12:04:28PM *  1 point [-]

I guess,

so:

  1. how much crushing centrifugal G force can the thing you are trying to send into space handle,
  2. how much momentum does it take to leave the earth's atmosphere from ground-level
  3. could you combine this method and another propulsion method?
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