Tag: mass driver
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Cradle Deceleration System— transportation
The receiving system that made human-rated mass driver transit possible. A Cradle combines three technologies to decelerate a transit pod from Mach 2 to z…
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Mass Driver Accelerator— transportation
A 3-5 kilometer electromagnetic linear accelerator that launches pressurized transit pods to suborbital velocity (Mach 6-12) using sequential magnetic pulses…
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Cradle— technology
The magnetic receiving system that catches mass driver pods at Mach 2+ and decelerates them to zero without killing the passengers. Uses atmospheric braki…
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Mass Driver— technology
A magnetic railgun scaled to transportation — launches pressurized pods at Mach 6-12 into suborbital arcs that cross continents in minutes. Meridian to Lagos…