A new report stresses the strategic and security implications of placing mass drivers on the moon — essentially electromagnetic catapults — by arguing that these launchers could serve as valuable first strike weapons systems.
According to the theory behind them, these mass drivers could use powerful magnetic fields to throw satellites and other probes into space without the need for costly and heavy chemical propellants. Putting railguns on the moon isn't a new idea, and was most recently proposed by SpaceX as a means of launching thousands of AI data center satellites into deep space.
