"Ross A. Finlayson" :

Hi,
What do you think about electromagnetic gun launch to space?

This is the notion that a 10 km track at almost survivable acceleration
launches a pod to just beyond the edge of the Earth's gravity well.

Always try and do the math first:
Distance = 0.5 * Acell * Time^2 : Speed = Acell * Time. And yes, I am
dumb we are reaching the limits of my knowledge here

For a 10 Km track at 50G which I believe (yes I can be wrong) is the max a
human will survive if floating in a neutral density solution will be covered
in less than 7 seconds and the exit speed = 3130 meters per second.

A long track will help along with the lower acelleration, but watch out the
real human limts at each level of acelleration.

Earl Colby Pottinger

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