0op! hmm. the company says it's eventually planning for up to five launches a day and it will cost about $500,000 per launch, compared to $7 million for a rocket launch. before then, testing is ongoing using the 33m arm in new mexico and a 12m arm here in long beach, california. and i've been invited to witness a test launch first—hand. now, the 12m accelerator won't be launching into the air — this much smaller projectile be fired down a tube and straight into a steel plate. what happens to this after it's launched from that? so this mostly turns to dust as it hits the end of the tunnel.