Spinlaunch: BUSTED (Part 2)
Why Hacker News recommends it
It is cited as the skeptical debunking whenever SpinLaunch comes up, not recommended as neutral analysis.
What it is
Thunderf00t's second video critiquing SpinLaunch, the company that proposes flinging rockets and payloads into space with a giant centrifuge. He argues the idea is physically unworkable.
Recommended by 0 HN commenters across 0 different months, 2021 to 2022.
What Hacker News said
Critical curiousfab · 2021-12 · on “Scientists find a way to ‘catapult’ rockets into space like ‘slingshots’”
If it sounds too good to be true, it usually is. Spinlaunch: BUSTED!: [LINK] Spinlaunch: BUSTED (Part 2): [this video]
Critical MongooseMan · 2022-04 · on “NASA will test SpinLaunch's ability to fling satellites into orbit”
Sorry to put a dampener on things, but Thunderf00t has already done two debunking videos on SpinLaunch. He's rarely wrong. [LINK] [this video]
Critical nix23 · 2022-11 · on “Project Babylon”
It's as brilliant and a scam as Hyperloop. Balloons with a small launcher would be cheaper...but that's lame and not cool (marketing)....like normal trains instead of Hyper ;) Spinlaunch: BUSTED! 1+2 [LINK] [this video]