Mass drivers Forum: Spacesettlers
Thread: Mass drivers
# 1579 byxenophile2002@... on July 8, 2006, 10:25 p.m.
Member since 2021-10-03
--- In spacesettlers, "ralph buttigieg" wrote:
>
> Hmmmm, 20km/per/sec? A one tonne projectile would have the energy
> equivalent of 10 tons TNT if it hits anything. A mass driver is a
> pretty good weapon system.
>
> ta
I think most of the research is built around tossing 1 kg objects at
such speeds. Which still isn't exactly a BB gun.