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{{Infobox paper
| title = An Electrically Powered Launch into Space: Eliminating the Need for Throwaway Mass
| author = [[Jim Hodges]]
| keywords = [[linear accelerator]], [[maglev]], [[propulsion]], [[throwaway mass]], [[tunnel]]
| published = 1997
| journal = [[Electric Spacecraft Journal]]
| number = [[25]]
| pages = 18-23
}}

==Abstract==

If you want to explore space, think in cosmic terms . . . Think big. This concept demonstrates the powers of imagination and how mankind may eventually learn to turn an entire planet into a launch platform. This particular brainstorm has been an inchoate daydream in the back of Hodges' mind for quite a few years.

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