Check out the video of the test firing.

http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/08/gu...-his-backyard/

I hope this guy can pull it off.

Best Regards
Tom.
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On Fri, 14 Feb 2014 00:34:53 -0800, "azotic"
wrote:

Check out the video of the test firing.

http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/08/gu...-his-backyard/

I hope this guy can pull it off.

Best Regards
Tom.

Years ago a guy had a contract with the Navy, I believe, to use a
cannon to launch research devices into space. As I remember it was
several times cheaper then using rockets.

I don't remember the guy's name but he later had a contract with Iraq
to build a super cannon and was assassinated in Belgium, allegedly by
the Israeli Secret Service.
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On Fri, 14 Feb 2014 18:45:03 +0700, John B.
wrote:

On Fri, 14 Feb 2014 00:34:53 -0800, "azotic"
wrote:

Check out the video of the test firing.

http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/08/gu...-his-backyard/

I hope this guy can pull it off.

Best Regards
Tom.

Years ago a guy had a contract with the Navy, I believe, to use a
cannon to launch research devices into space. As I remember it was
several times cheaper then using rockets.

I don't remember the guy's name but he later had a contract with Iraq
to build a super cannon and was assassinated in Belgium, allegedly by
the Israeli Secret Service.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Bull


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On Fri, 14 Feb 2014 08:36:00 -0600, F. George McDuffee
wrote:

On Fri, 14 Feb 2014 18:45:03 +0700, John B.
wrote:

On Fri, 14 Feb 2014 00:34:53 -0800, "azotic"
wrote:

Check out the video of the test firing.

http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/08/gu...-his-backyard/

I hope this guy can pull it off.

Best Regards
Tom.

Years ago a guy had a contract with the Navy, I believe, to use a
cannon to launch research devices into space. As I remember it was
several times cheaper then using rockets.

I don't remember the guy's name but he later had a contract with Iraq
to build a super cannon and was assassinated in Belgium, allegedly by
the Israeli Secret Service.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Bull


I hope the new guy winds up better than Bull did.


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On Fri, 14 Feb 2014 08:36:00 -0600, F. George McDuffee
wrote:

On Fri, 14 Feb 2014 18:45:03 +0700, John B.
wrote:

On Fri, 14 Feb 2014 00:34:53 -0800, "azotic"
wrote:

Check out the video of the test firing.

http://venturebeat.com/2014/02/08/gu...-his-backyard/

I hope this guy can pull it off.

Best Regards
Tom.

Years ago a guy had a contract with the Navy, I believe, to use a
cannon to launch research devices into space. As I remember it was
several times cheaper then using rockets.

I don't remember the guy's name but he later had a contract with Iraq
to build a super cannon and was assassinated in Belgium, allegedly by
the Israeli Secret Service.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Bull

Yup, that was the guy.
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Cheers,

John B.

http://www.popsci.com/technology/art...supplies-space

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_gun

I've read about this stuff before. It seems like a good idea, but the consensus seems to be that "it (is) impossible to reach a stable orbit without an active payload which performs orbital correction burns to change the shape of its orbit after launch." So, the payload would have to have thrusters and delicate instrumentation but still be able to survive a 5000 G launch. Sounds difficult. Considering though the cost of conventional rockets and the orders of magnitude emissions reduction of using a cannon, this is a nice idea.

On Tue, 18 Feb 2014 04:28:53 -0800 (PST), robobass
wrote:


http://www.popsci.com/technology/art...supplies-space

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_gun

I've read about this stuff before. It seems like a good idea, but the consensus seems to be that "it (is) impossible to reach a stable orbit without an active payload which performs orbital correction burns to change the shape of its orbit after launch." So, the payload would have to have thrusters and delicate instrumentation but still be able to survive a 5000 G launch. Sounds difficult. Considering though the cost of conventional rockets and the orders of magnitude emissions reduction of using a cannon, this is a nice idea.

How would anyone get a shot out through the miles-deep trash in
Earth's orbit nowadays, anyway? /rhetoric

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