As Chinese scientists and engineers combine the recent advancements in electromagnetic launch and hypersonic flight, people may soon be ‘shot into space’ using a form of hypersonic rail gun. The Chinese objective is accelerating a hypersonic aircraft to Mach 1.6 using a massive electromagnetic launch track. At seven times the speed of sound, the aircraft … Continue reading Japan Plans Bullet Train To Moon, China’s Railgun To Launch Hypersonic Jets To Space: Interesting Times For Space Travel