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grooble
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Hi, my goal is to build a cannon that launches payloads into space so cheaply, that it will revolutionise our space capability. The time line is 20 years, by the end of which i hope to be able to launch dozens of payloads per day which can land on the moon, or more advanced payloads that can travel to mars.<br /><br />I intend to build on the dreams and history of the idea, which stretches back to Jules Vernes Pump Gun cannon in his 1865 novel: From the Earth to the Moon.<br /><br />Just check out what was capable in 1918!<br /><br />"The Paris Gun fired a 106 kilogram shell, driven by an explosive charge of 200 kilograms that produced an acceleration of 7,500 gees and a muzzle velocity of almost 6,000 kilometers per hour."<br /><br />Please note, never in a million years would i expect to use this to launch humans, it'd purely be a payload gun.<br /><br />Humans can go up on rockets, shuttles and space planes.<br /><br />"Oberth and Valier did their homework and their space gun was technically plausible. However, it was clearly a monstrously expensive proposition and it is unlikely that even they thought it would be built any time soon. And there is where matters stood, until Gerald Bull entered the scene a generation later. "<br /><br />