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windemut
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« Reply #75 on: July 27, 2008, 08:09:20 PM »
Quote from: Brian Kirkpatrick on June 09, 2008, 06:57:08 PM
There seems to be a company working on something very similar: http://www.launchpnt.com/Power_Ring.31.0.html

They also appear interested in launch assist mechanisms, interestingly enough.
This paper describes their power ring: http://www.launchpnt.com/fileadmin/articles/002_Fiske_PowerRing.pdf. The magnetic levitation system has many parallels with Keith Lofstroms launch loop design.

I missed that earlier about the launch assist mechanism. That one does not look much like a launch loop at all, though.

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« Reply #76 on: November 17, 2008, 07:42:12 PM »
The artist's concept on the launchpoint site looks like a high-g job for cargo/microsats.  One would think that they would obtain some of the necessary engineering expertise needed to build a launch loop by building their ring though.
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