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Its not a new idea, arthur c clarke wrote about a rail launcher in Prelude to Space (1947), he based most of that story on how the scientists at that time expected space travel to happen.

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49 points

“We have perfected instantaneous teleportation.”

“Pfffft, Star Trek did it.”

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No rail launchers arent new, they just havent been invested in for space travel. At a guess id say because they are expensive and end up stuck in one place, which adds limitations later on

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bringing a science fiction concept into reality presents an engineering challenge that requires both research and innovation; research to find what the real life problems stopping you are, and innovation to solve them

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By this definition innovation only exists as fictional writings

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19 points

true, though putting it into practise would still be something else

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25 points

Implementation is the dividing line between a cool sci-fi idea and actual innovation.

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15 points

Precisely!

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