How to Use mass driver in a Sentence

mass driver

noun
  • And other companies are developing their own mass driver plans, Sonntag said.
    — Leonard David, Space.com, 28 May 2026
  • 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.
    — Leonard David, Space.com, 28 May 2026
  • So expect some commentary from me in the coming weeks about the feasibility of lunar mass drivers, putting hundreds of GW worth of data centers in orbit, colonizing Mars and more.
    — Alex Knapp, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
  • Musk’s latest vision involves overcoming Earth’s energy constraints by building electromagnetic mass drivers on the moon to facilitate this massive-scale AI infrastructure.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 23 Mar. 2026
  • Backed by grants from the Space Studies Institute, later prototypes improved on the concept, showing that a mass driver only 520 feet (160 meters) long could boost material off the lunar surface.
    — Leonard David, Space.com, 18 Feb. 2026
  • Backed by grants from the Space Studies Institute, follow-on prototypes improved on the mass driver concept, showing that a mass driver only 520 feet (160 meters) long could launch material off the surface of the moon.
    — Leonard David, Space.com, 28 May 2026
  • There are recent developments in the People's Republic of China (PRC) that view mass drivers and related technologies as central to lunar industrialization and long-term space development.
    — Leonard David, Space.com, 28 May 2026
  • O'Neill worked on mass drivers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), along with colleague Henry Kolm and a group of student volunteers to construct their first mass driver prototype.
    — Leonard David, Space.com, 18 Feb. 2026
  • Integrated with China's International Lunar Research Station plans, and broader industrialization plans by that country, mass driver capabilities would enable a sustained, high throughput logistics chain between the moon and Earth, Sonntag's report adds.
    — Leonard David, Space.com, 28 May 2026

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