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Officer_Bulbock

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Mass drivers are a type of railgun that have been proposed in the past as a possible means to send mined materials from the Moon to Earth.

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Just thought it was interesting.
Wed Jan 17, 2007 3:49 am
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Alenth Eneil

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Sounds a lot like a gaussian system.
Wed Jan 17, 2007 3:57 am
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as i am a soon-to-be engineer, this is interesting,
seems like a great solution for converting electrical energy into motion...

although as a CC player, i do not see a good conection.
... oh well, maybe it will inspire someone to build something.
Wed Jan 17, 2007 3:58 am
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I still say it's closer to a gaussian cannon than a railgun. The best use for this in CC would be a weapon or a delivery system for some things(drop pods or something like that).

I think its like this


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A mass driver is essentially a coil gun that magnetically accelerates a package consisting of a magnetisable holder containing a payload. Once the payload has been accelerated, the two separate, and the holder is slowed and recycled for another payload.


Eh.
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