Electromagnetic railguns and coilguns could transform the Moon into a silent logistics hub for fuel, mining, and deep-space infrastructure. From Sci‑Fi Vision to Engineering Blueprint The concept of launching materials from the Moon without rockets has its origins in the pioneering work of Gerard K. O’Neill and Henry Kolm at MIT. Their 1976 prototype, Mass Driver 1, used magnetic coils…

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