I’ve missed the Moon! (Destiny)

by CougRon, Auburn, WA, USA, Wednesday, October 02, 2019, 14:13 (1667 days ago) @ INSANEdrive

They also broke the... tram? railgun? ...I never did find out what that thing was.

Railgun. Specifically one for shooting stuff into orbit. This is very obvious with the new section added that you can see from Eris’s landing. If you follow it into the horizon you can distinctly see the end curve up and point at the sky where a payload would exit at a tremendous velocity. The orbit would be eminently calculable so the package could be intercepted. No need for an expensive and heavy propulsion system. Such a thing would be hard on Earth (too much atmosphere and gravity for current tech) but should be very easy in the moon.