At last, the Fred Flinston way of launching rockets into space gonna get a major upgrade. I've been asked myself for years why they didn't do it this way till now.
China plans to build a giant rail gun to launch hypersonic planes into space.
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3255351/nasas-dream-comes-true-china-plans-build-giant-rail-gun-launch-hypersonic-planes-space
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