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Why are we throwing an apple at each other . Because this weeks first story is about launching satellites into orbit. Oh, youre not gonna try to launch this apple into orbit, are you . No, but if i did, which direction would i have to launch it . Not upwards. Not up because if i did, it will come straight back down again. Thats gravity. Thats gravity no, if you wanted this to go into orbit, you would have to make it go really fast sideways, about 17,000 miles an hour, so as it fell, it missed the surface of the earth and just went around it. Thats why rockets need so much fuel. Exactly which has been a problem since forever. But there is another way to get this apple to go that fast. Any ideas . Go on, amaze me. So, you could attach it to a long arm and then start spinning it round and round and round, and round and round, getting faster and faster, and once youre at the right speed. You let it go thats bananas no, its an apple. All right, here we go. Oh, my gosh robotic voice 200 mile ....
Why are we throwing an apple at each other . Because this weeks first story is about launching satellites into orbit. Oh, youre not gonna try to launch this apple into orbit, are you . No, but if i did, which direction would i have to launch it . Not upwards. Not up because if i did, it will come straight back down again. Thats gravity. Thats gravity no, if you wanted this to go into orbit, you would have to make it go really fast sideways, about 17,000 miles an hour, so as it fell, it missed the surface of the earth and just went around it. Thats why rockets need so much fuel. Exactly which has been a problem since forever. But there is another way to get this apple to go that fast. Any ideas . Go on, amaze me. So, you could attach it to a long arm and then start spinning it round and round and round, and round and round, getting faster and faster, and once youre at the right speed. You let it go thats bananas no, its an apple. All right, here we go. Oh, my gosh robotic voice 200 mile ....
The 12 metre accelerator won t be launching into the air, this much smaller projectile be fired down the tube and straight into a steel plate. what happens to this after it is launched from that? mostly turns to dust is launched from that? mostly turns to dust as is launched from that? mostly turns to dust as it is launched from that? mostly turns to dust as it hits - is launched from that? mostly turns to dust as it hits the - turns to dust as it hits the end of the tunnel.- turns to dust as it hits the end of the tunnel. oh, my gosh. now, end of the tunnel. oh, my gosh. now. where end of the tunnel. oh, my gosh. now, where were end of the tunnel. oh, my gosh. now, where were we? end of the tunnel. oh, my gosh. now, where were we? oh, - end of the tunnel. oh, my gosh. | now, where were we? oh, yeah. 500 mph. now, where were we? oh, yeah. 500 mph- now, where were we? oh, yeah. 500 mph. you are going about as fast as a jet- 500 mph. you are going about as fast as a jet. t ....
First hand. now, the 12m accelerator won t be launching into the air. this much smaller projectile be fired down a tube and straight into a steel plate. what happens to this after it s launched from that? so this mostly turns to dust as it hits the end of the tunnel. oh, my gosh. dramatic music now, where were we? oh, yeah! 500 miles an hour. so now you re going about as fast as a jet. the actual projectiles and the spinning arm are made of carbon fibre pretty much the only substance that can withstand the forces involved. 700 miles an hour. and in order to spin up to nearly 1,000 miles an hour today, this entire chamber needs to be a near vacuum, ....
To five launches a day and it will cost about $500,000 per launch, compared to $7 million for a rocket launch. before then, testing is ongoing using the 33m arm in new mexico and a 12m arm here in long beach, california. and i ve been invited to witness a test launch first hand. now, the 12m accelerator won t be launching into the air this much smaller projectile be fired down a tube will be fired down a tube and straight into a steel plate. what happens to this after it s launched from that? so, this mostly turns to dust as it hits the end of the tunnel. oh, my gosh. dramatic music. now, where were we? oh, yeah! 500 miles an hour. so now you re going about as fast as a jet. the actual projectiles and the spinning arm are made of carbon fibre pretty much the only substance that can withstand the forces involved. 700 miles an hour. ....