THE VIDEO SHELF · spinlaunch
Can Spinlaunch Throw Rockets Into Space?
Scott Manley looks at SpinLaunch, which aims to throw launch vehicles out of a spinning launcher at hypersonic speed. He covers its recent Mach 1 test of a one-third scale launcher and the engineering problems that remain.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN treats it as the more informed, balanced take on SpinLaunch's tradeoffs.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Scott Manley
- Topic
- spinlaunch
- Format
- explainer
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 6
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2021–2022
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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Man, I have my opinions on Spinlaunch, too, but I find thunderf*t’s videos (especially the BUSTED ones) unenlightening & unhelpful to rationally discussing the pros and cons of some technology. Scott Manley’s video (if video is the format you prefer) on Spinlaunch was much better. …
Robotbeat on Hacker News · 2021-12
In Scientists find a way to ‘catapult’ rockets into space like ‘slingshots’I think their basic idea is sound, it'll probably eventually function. My concerns are if it'll be worth it, since there's a trade-off being made between fuel mass and heat shield mass, and at least based on Scott Manley's summary video this week, the rocket …
dotnet00 on Hacker News · 2022-04
In NASA will test SpinLaunch's ability to fling satellites into orbit
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