How to scale mass driver capital costs for Earth to orbit launches

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>> Let me know hat you think.
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> I think that you are on to something, and that you might enjoy
> reading _The Bride to Space_, by Mike Combs.
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> http://members.aol.com/howiecombs/bridge.htm
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> Xenophile (who wonders if there is anyway to combine this with a
> skyhook)

Well, duh!

With a hypersonic skyhook, all the MD has to do is get the payload
(cargo, satellite, passengers) up to about 6500 KmPH and, say, 150 Km
altitude. Then the hook grabs it. Note that the MD *itself* doesn't
have to be 150 KM high, it just needs to get the payload that high,
and the payload needs to still be going about 6500 KmPH. For
instance, if the MD is 50 Km high, then it might need to launch the
payload at 7000 KmPH to be sure that it gets to the right height,
going at the right speed.

Xenophile (who is slapping his forehead again)