Re: Is this a new cheap way to get material into space?

From: Damien Broderick (d.broderick@english.unimelb.edu.au)
Date: Thu Mar 01 2001 - 21:42:44 MST

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At 06:05 PM 1/03/01 -0000, BillK wrote:

>This 'mass driver' type machine
>can fire projectiles faster than escape
>velocity with relatively gentle acceleration, so, if they increase the
>projectile size big enough to be containers, why not use it to resupply
>space stations?

http://kids.msfc.nasa.gov/News/1999/News-MagLev.asp

http://kids.msfc.nasa.gov/News/2000/News-MagLev.asp

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