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Old 01-13-2015, 08:52 PM   #2256
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US Navy develops a new Electromagnetic Railgun:

http://www.cnn.com/videos/tech/2015/...on-orig-mg.cnn

First the laser, and now this!

Awesome. I have to ask if this technology can be used in space propulsion. I mean if you can hit 7 times the speed of sound here how fast can you get a shuttle bound for say Titan?

Only way I can see this not working is the gun not being anchored to anything in space. Possible answer is to build it on the moon and use that as a launch pad. then build them at every stop along the way.
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