NASA Tests Gigantic Slingshot for Hurling Objects Into Space

The successful 10th test of SpinLaunch's suborbital accelerator included a NASA sensor and other partner payloads.

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NASAがどでかいSlingshot(パチンコ)を使用...
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A recent demonstration by alternative launch provider SpinLaunch suggests payloads containing sensitive equipment can endure the tremendous G-forces generated by the company’s suborbital accelerator.

More than 150 partners, government officials, and industry enthusiasts gathered at Spaceport America in the Jornada del Muerto desert of New Mexico to watch the latest testof SpinLaunch’s A-33 Suborbital Accelerator on September 27. The company has now performed 10 tests of its mass accelerator in less than a year.

A rapidly rotating arm inside the 108-foot-wide (33-meter) facility hurled a projectile, or Test Launch Vehicle, to heights reaching 25,000 feet (7,600 meters), in a demonstration consistent with the company’s previous tests. For reference, passenger airplanes cruise at around 36,000 feet (11,000 meters), and SpinLaunch eventually hopes to send payloads as high as 200,000 feet (60,000 meters).