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Thread: Electromagnetic and atmospheric braking
# 15672 byTom Musgrove on Sept. 10, 2001, 2:45 p.m.
Member since 2022-08-22
Another consideration for using the lava tubes is that if the craft is
oscillating, then the force of the oscillation could in part be absorbed by
the lava tube wall, whereas it seems to me a free standing mass driver would
require a great deal more structure to withstand the oscillations.
TomM@...