Maglev launch assist technology may enable commercial space travel from PhysOrg.com
The same technology used in magnetically levitated ("maglev") trains may give spaceships a low-cost, stable boost for the future of space travel—possibly even for joy rides. A research group from two universities in Beijing, China has constructed a maglev test vehicle that works on a model track made of a permanent magnet-high temperature superconductor (PM-HTS).
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Sunday, February 25, 2007
Science fiction again finds its way into science fact
The physics of launching a spacecraft using maglev has gotten another boost. how much longer will it be before the cannon that launches a spacecraft to the moon that Jules Vern described is accepted?
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