Launching Rockets With Electricity

What will it take to ditch chemical rockets and make space launches fully electric? What tech will it require and when will it be reasonable to use such a system? What technical challenges are associated with it? Answering all these questions with David Dillon, the founder of Electromagnetic Launch.

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00:00 Intro
01:38 The idea behind electromagnetic launch
07:40 Quech launcher
14:45 How the system will could like
24:03 Recent partnerships and applications
33:09 Space infrastructure
36:13 What's next

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