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2020-02-15 Science & Technology

New Amazon patent reveals plan to launch packages into Earth orbit using a 500 mile-long 'whip'

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Posted by Skidmark 2020-02-15 00:59|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top

#1 Imagine it run by Teamsters

Posted by M. Murcek 2020-02-15 01:24|| 2020-02-15 01:24|| Front Page Top

#2 Seveneves, by Neil Stephenson, has a lot about a spacefaring culture using whip technology.

Posted by Grunter 2020-02-15 01:28|| 2020-02-15 01:28|| Front Page Top

#3 It is the 21st century!

Posted by g(r)omgoru PB 2020-02-15 02:57|| 2020-02-15 02:57|| Front Page Top

Posted by Skidmark 2020-02-15 03:42|| 2020-02-15 03:42|| Front Page Top

#5 As long as they whip it good.

Posted by Raj 2020-02-15 08:46|| 2020-02-15 08:46|| Front Page Top

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