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Questions regarding devices which use an external magnetic field to produce a torque, usually used to help align a spacecraft in a certain manner while in orbit.

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Can magnets be used to launch spacecraft?

I assume there is some reason we don't use magnets to launch off Earth. Are they not strong enough? Isn't magnetic force technically stronger than gravity?? Would either of these work: A tube tunne …
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