Finally Jules Verne’s idea of shooting
a man to the moon will become reality, almost.
The US AirForce is building a 2.4km long magnetic accelerator,
which shall be used to shoot up to 100kg of “baggage” into the
orbit, thus saving the cost of the expensive supportflights with
traditional rockets. Although it will not be possible to transport
human beings or any other lifeform with this “vehicle” into space,
it might work fine for already dead meat
or miniature
satellites.
a man to the moon will become reality, almost.
The US AirForce is building a 2.4km long magnetic accelerator,
which shall be used to shoot up to 100kg of “baggage” into the
orbit, thus saving the cost of the expensive supportflights with
traditional rockets. Although it will not be possible to transport
human beings or any other lifeform with this “vehicle” into space,
it might work fine for already dead meat
or miniaturesatellites.
The principle of the “cannon” is quite familiar to the particle accellerator at
CERN, which just finished installing all the superconductor
magnets of its 25km ring.
I can already see the headline: Chinese spy satellite seriously hit
by frozen french fries….