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1. lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Friday, 07-Oct-2022 20:17:11 EDT lnxw48a1
   #Spinlaunch test-flings #NASA payload https://nu.federati.net/url/288048 [www iflscience com]
   
   I wish they had estimated its launch velocity and peak altitude. I would like to see just how close they are to flinging satellites into space.
   1. lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Friday, 07-Oct-2022 23:36:41 EDT lnxw48a1

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      Seeing this also reminded me of Green Launch https://greenlaunch.space/ ... it seems like they have not had a test launch in 2022.
      
      Looking at their site, they seem to have a very small team (I count 9 people in one "our team" picture; 4 in another; I did not try to judge whether they are contemporaneous or whether they contain overlapping people).
      
      They also appear to be "looking at very small payloads for the near and intermediate future":{https://greenlaunch.space/research-history/}. Their initial phase 3 goal is to place a 1lb payload into LEO low earth orbit before scaling up to larger loads (100lb, then 1000lb). At some point, they plan to fire a cubesat into orbit 300km / 186mi high.
      1. lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Saturday, 08-Oct-2022 01:44:29 EDT lnxw48a1

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         So #GreenLaunch did have a test launch in 2022. "On 2022-01-13, they had their first vertical launch":{https://greenlaunch.space/news-updates/}. I'm guessing they don't have a dedicated public information officer (PIO). They may have done some things that could have been posted on that page (so project doesn't look dead), but those things did not get posted.
   2. lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Friday, 07-Oct-2022 23:39:12 EDT lnxw48a1

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      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kármán_line
      
      This is relevant, because passing above that line (100km/62mi) is currently considered passing into space by most measures.
   3. lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Friday, 07-Oct-2022 23:58:36 EDT lnxw48a1

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      In the middle early 1990s, I remember wanting to start a "Desert Launch Project" to build a commercial space launch facility in one of California's desert areas. At the time, I was outside of any urban or even micro-urban municipal boundaries, and the stars were so abundant and so bright that they seemed to be just a little higher than my hands could reach.
      
      I know that #sonTwo, at least, remembers me taking him to have a star night with my mom. #sonOne, being ten years older, had fewer such nights, but he might also remember. (I'm pretty sure that #Daddy_A never got that opportunity.) My mom was a volunteer in a local science program, so she interacted regularly with amateur and professional astronomers. (Years later, I met some people around 1st son's age who told me "Your mom is so cool! She used to teach us about [some aspect of astronomy] and [some software used on Macintosh computers of that time].") Someone even gave her a telescope.
      
      Alas, it was a time of great struggle just to provide basic necessities for myself, so building a team and seeking funding was never going to happen. DLP was an idea that never went beyond "just an idea". I wouldn't even call it still born, as it never even became an embryo.