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Btw, the reaction wheels are for attitude control of the missile. Oops, I mean launch vehicle*!

Duh. Sorry, I was wiped last night.

The language that they've developed reminds me of how a fascist hijacks political language. "Highly iterative design process" is probably my favorite phrase, substituted for "every design so far has failed, and failed quickly". I wonder if jargon and framing is something they're coached on or if it's just the usual cultural business rot of the VC world? Maybe both.

I still can't figure out what payload SpinLaunch could hope to carry. It's seriously like "maybe we'll get lucky this time with a GoPro". Maybe Bezos is good for 10k g's? Let's try