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A suborbital space gun on kickstarter
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 A suborbital space gun on kickstarter Posted on: Tue Feb 04, 2014 1:05 pmSpotted in my net surfing is materials tech now getting to the stage where a small payload could go thru the low atmosphere at hypersonic velocity's without burning up?
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Space Station Commander  
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Re: A suborbital space gun on kickstarter Posted on: Tue Feb 04, 2014 1:36 pm Careful! Don't want to wind up like Gerald Bull.
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Re: A suborbital space gun on kickstarter Posted on: Thu Feb 06, 2014 7:12 am How about building this on the moon...and shipping goodies to Mars..they don't burn up !
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Re: A suborbital space gun on kickstarter Posted on: Thu Feb 06, 2014 12:57 pm |
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Re: A suborbital space gun on kickstarter Posted on: Thu Feb 06, 2014 1:04 pm Should we read this ..is there a space gun too ?
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Re: A suborbital space gun on kickstarter Posted on: Thu Feb 06, 2014 2:15 pm topspeed wrote: Should we read this ..is there a space gun too ? Its a good hard SF book and I think its stills holds up today the gun IIRC is more a magnetic linear accelerator which are much better on bodies without an atmosphere or one that is at least near vacuum especially where solar power is available. Robert A. Heinlein was also co-script writer and technical consultant on the 1950 film Destination Moon which is also worth a watch especially considering it was made almost a decade before Sputnik went beep beep at LEO height. _________________ Someone has to tilt at windmills. So that we know what to do when the real giants come!!!! |
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Re: A suborbital space gun on kickstarter Posted on: Thu Feb 06, 2014 6:32 pm Destination Moon..running time 1:30 ; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsisGSBl ... CY48_RfA3E
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Re: A suborbital space gun on kickstarter Posted on: Sun Mar 02, 2014 9:16 am topspeed wrote: Should we read this ..is there a space gun too ? It's a great book.  _________________ "SCREW THE RULES, WE HAVE MONEY!" http://www.freespaceships.com |
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