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Brian_K_White • 06/27/2025 • 3 replies • view on HN

Maybe SpinLaunch can get it up there. And the power for the SpinLaunch motor can come from Solar Roadways.

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JumpCrisscross • 06/27/2025

Coming from someone in this space, SpinLaunch has more legs to stand on than Starcloud.

starik36 • 06/27/2025

There was a video from Scott Manley about this several years back. And he was very skeptical that it's even feasible for SpinLaunch to place something useful into orbit. And they haven't yet.

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world2vec • 06/27/2025

SpinLaunch could work but from the Moon, sending stuff back to Earth.

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