"A year ago this was just a good idea"

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At the peak of its ballistic trajectory, the projectile will reach an altitude of 500,000 feet, or about 95 miles, actually exiting the Earth's atmosphere.

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Originally Posted by CCIP

The thing works like a horizontal V2 rocket launcher! Or a super-tomahawk. A little higher and they might hit a GPS satellite.

on second thought maybe the USN should convert to metric ...

What happens if they don't dial it in just right?

Good-by International Space Station ...