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Elo comments on Crazy Ideas Thread - Less Wrong Discussion

22 Post author: Gunnar_Zarncke 07 July 2015 09:40PM

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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?