Forget rockets — Longshot wants to fire cargo into space from a gun. See it at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026
Longshot is trying to build a gun big enough to make space data centers a reality.
TechCrunch reports: Longshot is trying to build a gun big enough to make space data centers a reality.
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