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Longshot Space Technology
Company blog · longshotspace.com/postsciencehardware
Longshot Space Technology is the company blog at longshotspace.com, writing about science and hardware. Since 2023, 5 different Hacker News readers have linked it 5 times, most often “Building a giant cannon to launch raw materials needed for the orbital economy”. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
One commenter names this site's ground-based launch systems as more likely than rockets to transform space economics. The comment doesn't assess the writing itself.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 1 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Longshot Space Technology is reinventing high-speed access through reusable ground-based acceleration for hypersonic testing and future space launch.
Most-linked posts?
- Building a giant cannon to launch raw materials needed for the orbital economy3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2024-09-24
What Hacker News says?
- 7e · 2024-11-06
I think the economics of space are are much more likely to be transformed by something like https://www.longshotspace.com/ . Rockets are complex, still costly, and polluting.
Comment linking /
on “Starship's Sixth Flight Test” Submitted Building a giant cannon to launch raw materials needed for the orbital economy as a story · 5 points
HN discussionSubmitted Longshot Space as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Rockets, the Long Arm of History, and the Future of Space Access as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Longshot Space as a story · 1 points
HN discussion