Longshot Space closes over $5M in new funding to build space gun in the desert

Why use a rocket when you could use a giant, miles-long “gun” instead? That’s the question posed by Longshot Space, a company that’s completely rethinking how to send mass to orbit. The company is developing a kinetic launch system that will gradually accelerate payloads to hypersonic speeds before launching them to orbit. While Longshot’s full-scale […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Sep 25, 2024 - 21:00

Longshot Space closes over $5M in new funding to build space gun in the desert

Why use a rocket when you could use a giant, miles-long “gun” instead? That’s the question posed by Longshot Space, a company that’s completely rethinking how to send mass to orbit. The company is developing a kinetic launch system that will gradually accelerate payloads to hypersonic speeds before launching them to orbit. While Longshot’s full-scale […]