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comment by am_Unition
am_Unition  ·  836 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: SpinLaunch conducts first test of suborbital accelerator at Spaceport America

I love that pinned comment so, so much.

Started the video at a random spot, and within 15 seconds "... as the vehicle is released, using a secret release mechanism that SpinLaunch hid from our cameras... ". Thought I could resist watching, not so sure, now.





kleinbl00  ·  836 days ago  ·  link  ·  

ZOMG it's 42 minutes long.

I'm going to get through my day, make some dinner, hang out with my family, put the kid to bed, pour three fingers of bourbon and CUE THIS UP

am_Unition  ·  836 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I was in my kitchen heating up some leftovers, and yelling at my wife "NO, BUT THIS IS CONTENT ESPECIALLY FOR ME".

You will only regret about 10 minutes of those 42, when they run through some formulaic plug-n-chugs. And those segments have better educational visuals than NASA, e-texts, y'know, almost anything. Fuckin' timeline.

kleinbl00  ·  836 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Post it, bitch. I'm not sure there's anything this website does better than dunking on Spinlaunch.

am_Unition  ·  835 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Yeah. We were born to do this.

Loathe to link w/o explicit coaxing: