No one compares You stand alone To every record I own Music to my heart That’s what you are A song that goes on and on

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Cake day: September 28th, 2023

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  • This feels like one of those xkcd questions.

    Without involving maths, its fair to say it wouldn’t be unlike having it launched by an explosion.

    The closest thing I can recall related to this concept would be Project HARP.

    Whatever you’re launching would need to be capable of absorbing the unreal amount of G force and survive the resistance of the atmosphere. As you’ll be required to launch the spaceship at escape velocity with a delta of near 0.

    I don’t believe rubber has the material strengths necessary to achieve that launch while still being able to store it on the face of the planet. So, imagine a ball of elastics the size of the sun and maybe there’s a chance because of the slow rate of acceleration achievable by not being on the earth any more.