what about building a huge cannon and shooting parts or crew up to the space station or in orbit.

LOL!

that sounds more like a Monty Python thing than anything else biggrin:

From the Earth to the Moon by Jules Verne had people getting to the moon by a giant cannon. It was written in the 1800's. He got pretty much everything else right though.

actually some American gun expert wanted to build a cannon to launch sattellites (sp?) but neither NASA nor the military were interested so he went to build a supergun for Saddam (as means to fund his space-gun) and the Israeli intelligence service (Mossad) assasinated him.

[quote="Sgt Stryker":be0db]actually some American gun expert wanted to build a cannon to launch sattellites (sp?) but neither NASA nor the military were interested so he went to build a supergun for Saddam (as means to fund his space-gun) and the Israeli intelligence service (Mossad) assasinated him.[/quote:be0db]

yeah i remember that one. it was a gun that was laid out against the slope of a mountain. i believe france supplied the parts for that one. biggrin:

^^Yeah, there was an hbo movie on that I think.

[quote="Sgt Stryker":5bd91]actually some American gun expert wanted to build a cannon to launch sattellites (sp?) but neither NASA nor the military were interested so he went to build a supergun for Saddam (as means to fund his space-gun) and the Israeli intelligence service (Mossad) assasinated him.[/quote:5bd91]

Gerald Bull...and ya that movie owns. rock:

i dont think space travel will advance much unless scientists develope a new engine that doesnt run on jet fuel. if they really want to explore space, the most logical way would be to find a ship that can be in orbit for years and have a robot pilot it. there is no way we can fuel/feed a ship and her crew for the duration of an extensive space road trip.

nity=still pissed of that canuks still did not get in space by them selves sleeping:

Hey, we built your Space Arm for the space shuttles.

You're welcome. biggrin:

[quote="[2ndS.S.]Enigma":e1ee4]nity=still pissed of that canuks still did not get in space by them selves sleeping:[/quote:e1ee4]

I wasn't even alive when the space race was on.

Anyway, Canada was the third country after the Us and Russia to put a satellite into orbit, and we've had 8 or 9 astronauts in space. We were supposed to haev 2 more this year, but everything got pushed back beacuse of columbia. I'm not pissed at all. We don't haev the reources, money or support to go to space, although we can help in the field. We had an expiriment on a Japanese probe that lanched earlier this year to mars, but unfortunatley, somethings gone wrong with the probe so the Japanese are diverting it away from the planet,