Longshot Space wants to launch cargo to orbit for $50\/kg using hydrogen-powered kinetic launchers. Instead of a traditional rocket, the startup is betting on a giant hydrogen-powered cannon to reinvent the economics of space. Watch the six-minute pitch from the Startup Battlefield Top 20.<\/p>\n
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