Comments on: Successful Launches http://schepers.cc/successful-launches Technology upside down and backwards Mon, 14 Nov 2011 22:51:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Mary Branscombe http://schepers.cc/successful-launches#comment-134 Mary Branscombe Sun, 13 Jun 2010 05:59:07 +0000 http://schepers.cc/?p=239#comment-134 It's an amazing sight, isn't it. I came away from our viewing a couple of years back with fire ant bites all over one foot ;-( Re rail guns, alas, the rails would be single use (the high-temperature plasma causes arcing and pitting, after which you no longer have a smooth enough rail). It’s an amazing sight, isn’t it. I came away from our viewing a couple of years back with fire ant bites all over one foot ;-(

Re rail guns, alas, the rails would be single use (the high-temperature plasma causes arcing and pitting, after which you no longer have a smooth enough rail).

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