The world's largest gun belongs to Longshot Space, which plans to go even bigger in the hopes of harnessing its technology to shoot satellites into space instead of using rockets. Explore more space and science coverage: Roman telescope's data deluge will change who gets to do big astronomy The Milky Way's center holds the ruins of another ancient galaxy Timecode chapters 0:00 The problem with rocket launches 0:38 Longshot Space’s kinetic launch concept 1:30 How the giant space gun works 1:59 Testing the 6-inch prototype gun 3:14 Scaling up to the full-diameter version 3:42 The physics behind horizontal launches 4:33 Can satellites survive the high G-forces? 5:07 Future testing and next steps Video credits Host: Andy Altman Scripted by: Andy Altman Producer: Andy Altman Camera: Celso Bulgatti Video editor: Jon Gomez Thumbnail designer: Cole Kan https://cdn.ex.co/transformations-account/production/a0be6317-e085-43f9-8cb5-7b125d25af4b/6ceac16a-e498-5ca3-a61c-f658762e7486/...
