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The Science Behind Building a Space Gun

Posted by samzenpus on from the acme-approved dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Astronomer and gamer Scott Manley (more famous for his Kerbal Space program coverage) has created a fantastic video explaining the science behind building guns that could one day be used to launch payloads into space. It's not as easy as simply making a bigger gun, there's a whole host of unorthodox 'gun' designs which work around the limitations of garden variety propellants."

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  1. Re:I estimate it will be about a week by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting
    LOL no kidding. Paging Dr Gerald Bull!

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

  2. Obligatory by Kylon99 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    In honor of the time before xkcd, but in the style of such:

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