Although the new launching system contains nothing particularly novel in terms of technology; all that was actually needed was someone insane enough to envision a space catapult. Now, the world's first 'space catapult' is going to shoot objects at speeds of 5,000 MPH into the cosmos.
The very first known catapult was devised by the ancient Greeks in 400 BC. The Soviet Union used a rocket powered structure to launch the Sputnik I satellite in 1957. In 2022, a firm in New Mexico is trying ...
