SpinLaunch's Hypersonic Launcher: Tests and Engineering Problems

Scott Manley · Explainer · 11 min · 2021 · YouTube title: Can Spinlaunch Throw Rockets Into Space?

Why it's here

HN treats it as the more informed, balanced take on SpinLaunch's tradeoffs.

What it covers

Scott Manley looks at SpinLaunch, which aims to throw launch vehicles out of a spinning launcher at hypersonic speed. He covers its recent Mach 1 test of a one-third scale launcher and the engineering problems that remain.