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China plans to build a giant rail gun to launch hypersonic planes into space (www.scmp.com)
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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

Actually it could be an interesting idea. Instead of rockets carrying their own propulsion in the form of fuel, which adds to the weight of the rocket. External propulsion, which is what rail gun basically is, could work.