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Comment by yetihehe

2 days ago

If you heat up iron to very high temperature (>770°C), it's much harder to fling it using electromagnets.

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BobaFloutist  2 days ago

Ah that's annoying. Fine, we use the electricity to heat...uh...molten salt encased in stone, and to pull back a very big heat-proof slingshot, and after a threshold it lets go and launches it into space.

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