Fraser Cain | Launching Rockets With Electricity @frasercain | Uploaded 1 year ago | Updated 4 minutes ago
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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