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launch him anyway (mander.xyz)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 13 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Why does it have to be a kick? Could I generate that force with a car? It weighs a lot more so I assume the speed wouldn't need to be nearly as high.

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago

The request was to "launch", so I'd say a railgun would also be an acceptable answer, having much lower acceleration values, as you could just accelerate the son continuously, over the distance of the barrel.
500m should be good enough, no?