Guy builds a *real* space cannon to (cheaply) send satellites into orbit … from his backyard
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Graf built a huge, powerful “gun” in his backyard that’s capable of shooting small payloads in a suborbital trajectory.
"I know what you're thinking. 'Did he fire six shots or only five?'"
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Graf built a huge, powerful “gun” in his backyard that’s capable of shooting small payloads in a suborbital trajectory.
"I know what you're thinking. 'Did he fire six shots or only five?'"
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This is your opportunity to fire potentially inappropriate or amusing items into space!) Should it reach its funding goal, the cannon testing should begin in May and run through September.
Can I pre-book a flight for my ex? :)
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Graf built a huge, powerful “gun” in his backyard that’s capable of shooting small payloads in a suborbital trajectory.
"I know what you're thinking. 'Did he fire six shots or only five?'"
Saddam Hussein was trying to build one to launch weapons toward other countries. Look what happened to him! Is Canada ready to be invaded? :laugh:
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Saddam Hussein was trying to build one to launch weapons toward other countries. Look what happened to him! Is Canada ready to be invaded? :laugh:
Oh, we're safe. We don't have any... oh. We're in trouble now.
TTFN - Kent
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Graf built a huge, powerful “gun” in his backyard that’s capable of shooting small payloads in a suborbital trajectory.
"I know what you're thinking. 'Did he fire six shots or only five?'"
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Seriously, what is freaking wrong with you guys?!? This is your opportunity to fire potentially inappropriate or amusing items into space!
Earth already full of trash?! So we start send it out to space...
I'm not questioning your powers of observation; I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is. (V)
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Graf built a huge, powerful “gun” in his backyard that’s capable of shooting small payloads in a suborbital trajectory.
"I know what you're thinking. 'Did he fire six shots or only five?'"
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But you can't do that. You could maybe shoot an object into space (if it doesn't burn up or lose all its momentum to aerodynamic heating), but you can't end up in orbit. You have to raise your periapsis somehow.
well spotted. I guess you'd have to shoot up a rocket. How much payload is left now?
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But you can't do that. You could maybe shoot an object into space (if it doesn't burn up or lose all its momentum to aerodynamic heating), but you can't end up in orbit. You have to raise your periapsis somehow.
And if you read the article instead of just Kent's headline, you'd've seen: "Graf’s Kickstarter campaign is intended to fund a six shot test to ensure the cannon is functioning properly. The funds will also allow him to create a motorized rocket within the cannon’s bullet to push those objects into orbit once in space" :doh: The size of a rocket needed to shift something from an earth intercepting parabola (or a one way deep space trajectory) into a stable orbit would be much smaller than that needed to reach orbit first. If I'm bored I might play with numbers later today after work.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason? Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful? --Zachris Topelius Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies. -- Sarah Hoyt
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And if you read the article instead of just Kent's headline, you'd've seen: "Graf’s Kickstarter campaign is intended to fund a six shot test to ensure the cannon is functioning properly. The funds will also allow him to create a motorized rocket within the cannon’s bullet to push those objects into orbit once in space" :doh: The size of a rocket needed to shift something from an earth intercepting parabola (or a one way deep space trajectory) into a stable orbit would be much smaller than that needed to reach orbit first. If I'm bored I might play with numbers later today after work.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason? Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful? --Zachris Topelius Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies. -- Sarah Hoyt
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Saddam Hussein was trying to build one to launch weapons toward other countries. Look what happened to him! Is Canada ready to be invaded? :laugh:
