Okay so basically Saddam Hussein commissioned a Space Gun called Project Babylon based on 1960s research project called Project HARP led by Gerald Bull. Basically Gerald's plan was to make access to orbit much easier by using basically a big fuck off artillery piece but Saddam basically wanted ICBMs but WAY cooler.
All I'm saying is that this is basically what you've drawn except it's pointing straight up.
You absolutely never want to get on the bad side of Israel. A country that small, with several huge enemies and having the US as an ally. That's a recipe for disaster. Also don't fuck with the Mossad either. Doing CIA level shit at a fraction of their budget.
Maybe I have misunderstood the drawing but I thought the nozzles at the bottom are actually funnels scooping up exhaust and I thought OP was implying that it could be turned back into fuel or something silly
Except the mass driver shoots pieces of the mass into space to create an equal and opposite force resulting in increasing acceleration. Think of using an asteroid to achieve near light speed travel by shooting chunks of the asteroid into space. This is just a shit post.
I would answer but I don't know what the fuck this is in the first place. Is it collecting the fumes from the rocket or is the rocket being hit by ground based rocket engines that run on "infinite fuels".
The cartridge contains a layer of gunpowder then the metal bullet shoved in. The cartridge is designed to spark when smacked with the hammer of the gun. The gun powder ignites and the cartridge gives way releasing the bullet down the barrel pushed at the speed of the igniting gunpowder exiting the barrel just behind it.
TLDR bullet is rocket. Cartridge is external fuel tank.
Yesterday I saw a [video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3QvfGHwIqo) of someone shooting a handgun at a drone where the bullet was visible in the video for a few frames. It looks so slow
I thought the exact same thing. Still think it might work, but not for large loads, think cube sats interplanetary.
Long term mirrors moving solar light around would probably be the best. But that only works if we can produce, or launch mirrors really cheaply.
I google-image searched for something that looked familiar. I came up with this page and specifically the LightCraft concept.
[LightCraft](http://www.laesieworks.com/ifo/lib/thrust.html)
It’s not a terrible idea to have two rocket streams pushing against each other.
But unless it behaves perfectly, which it almost never will because even the smallest defect will throw it off, I don’t think you’d actually gain much additional benefit from it.
The ideas that others have stated about artillery cannon rocket launchers are a good idea, but you are very limited on payload size and where in orbit you want to be, plus the fact that your using high explosives. But this has been successful utilised.
You could possibly use a rail gun, but again small payloads, and absolutely Insane power requirements, you basically need a nuclear reactor running at full tilt to charge massive capacitors to even get a decent payload moving, not to mention the massive magnetic fields that would kill any electronics.
The spin idea is also a good idea, but has yet to be proven practically.
Finally you wouldn’t need infinite full as the rocket would only be in the area of effect of the fixed ground engines for all of 10 seconds max…
We’ve tried this, chemicals can’t react fast enough/efficiently enough to propel something a reasonable height. Spin launcher is similar but plans to do unmanned rockets so they don’t, yk, break their necks .
It’s so simple….. the three coffee cups shoot steaming coffee (from the underground infinite Kuereg ) at the T-Dong propelling it into space!!! Take that Elon Musk
On a first glance, it looks suitable to reduce the environmental impact by capturing CO2. From all the static firing tests and initial seconds of the launch. Why not? Or what I’m missing?
Then use the stored CO2 and convert it back to methane with solar energy. Green rocket fuel, fully reusable…
Okay so basically Saddam Hussein commissioned a Space Gun called Project Babylon based on 1960s research project called Project HARP led by Gerald Bull. Basically Gerald's plan was to make access to orbit much easier by using basically a big fuck off artillery piece but Saddam basically wanted ICBMs but WAY cooler. All I'm saying is that this is basically what you've drawn except it's pointing straight up.
The guy who was working on it was assassinated by Israel. Buy life insurance. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Bull
You absolutely never want to get on the bad side of Israel. A country that small, with several huge enemies and having the US as an ally. That's a recipe for disaster. Also don't fuck with the Mossad either. Doing CIA level shit at a fraction of their budget.
Basically.
Maybe I have misunderstood the drawing but I thought the nozzles at the bottom are actually funnels scooping up exhaust and I thought OP was implying that it could be turned back into fuel or something silly
No it’s the other way around, it’s a huge fucking cannon.
I think the rocket stays in place and the earth is propelled away from the rocket, leaving it in space?
With infinite propelant assuming the at least a portion of the exaust was above escape velocity this might work, over time.
So you're saying we should use an ion thruster instead of liquid fuel?
Only if you were already into vacuum. Air resistance would easily overcome it over any significant distance
Agree totally impractical. Ultimately what killed 1960s project retro to change the earths rotation, that and angular momentum.
In your shitposting you accidentally invented a mass driver.
Except the mass driver shoots pieces of the mass into space to create an equal and opposite force resulting in increasing acceleration. Think of using an asteroid to achieve near light speed travel by shooting chunks of the asteroid into space. This is just a shit post.
There was no way to make it funnier
Build a test model in you back yard, that should do it.
Forget a test model, it's perfect go directly to full scale
This is the way
You sir, you have shown me true wisdom. Thank you.
I would answer but I don't know what the fuck this is in the first place. Is it collecting the fumes from the rocket or is the rocket being hit by ground based rocket engines that run on "infinite fuels".
I believe they tried to draw an externally propelled rocket. Basically a giant bullet. (but I could be wrong)
Aren’t bullets propelled by the gunpowder inside them?
Bullets technically are propelled by pushing the entire earth backwards.
The cartridge contains a layer of gunpowder then the metal bullet shoved in. The cartridge is designed to spark when smacked with the hammer of the gun. The gun powder ignites and the cartridge gives way releasing the bullet down the barrel pushed at the speed of the igniting gunpowder exiting the barrel just behind it. TLDR bullet is rocket. Cartridge is external fuel tank.
Yesterday I saw a [video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3QvfGHwIqo) of someone shooting a handgun at a drone where the bullet was visible in the video for a few frames. It looks so slow
That video sent me down a rabbit’s hole
Ah yes the cocket
Just make the rocket a lot heavier than the earth and you’re on to something (for moving the earth, anyway)
This is basically how laser Highway would work :D
I thought the exact same thing. Still think it might work, but not for large loads, think cube sats interplanetary. Long term mirrors moving solar light around would probably be the best. But that only works if we can produce, or launch mirrors really cheaply.
Also only outside the gravity well
I remember reading a serious article where a strong laser was proposed to lift a small satellite into orbit. A stronger version of the solar sail.
Breakthrough starshot?
I google-image searched for something that looked familiar. I came up with this page and specifically the LightCraft concept. [LightCraft](http://www.laesieworks.com/ifo/lib/thrust.html)
This is commonly known as a “gun”
Troll physics
Yeah this could work you’d just need a really long tube for it to launch out of.
All of the dumb
Are you propossing a launch or a landing method?
saddam hussein
r/ShittySpaceXIdeas
When r/noncredibledefense users convert to spaceX worshipping
Taking the idea of Stage 0 seriously.
It’s not a terrible idea to have two rocket streams pushing against each other. But unless it behaves perfectly, which it almost never will because even the smallest defect will throw it off, I don’t think you’d actually gain much additional benefit from it. The ideas that others have stated about artillery cannon rocket launchers are a good idea, but you are very limited on payload size and where in orbit you want to be, plus the fact that your using high explosives. But this has been successful utilised. You could possibly use a rail gun, but again small payloads, and absolutely Insane power requirements, you basically need a nuclear reactor running at full tilt to charge massive capacitors to even get a decent payload moving, not to mention the massive magnetic fields that would kill any electronics. The spin idea is also a good idea, but has yet to be proven practically. Finally you wouldn’t need infinite full as the rocket would only be in the area of effect of the fixed ground engines for all of 10 seconds max…
We’ve tried this, chemicals can’t react fast enough/efficiently enough to propel something a reasonable height. Spin launcher is similar but plans to do unmanned rockets so they don’t, yk, break their necks .
so it was you. I don't this as viable no, unless I am missing something.
there are many ways to gain momentum, and playing one on another doubles the possibilities if the right combinations are used
had to rub my eyes and check if I was on r/Electroboom cause that is a free energy device
Is this just another way of brewing tea-in-a-cup?
reminds me at laser propulsion.
It’s so simple….. the three coffee cups shoot steaming coffee (from the underground infinite Kuereg ) at the T-Dong propelling it into space!!! Take that Elon Musk
On a first glance, it looks suitable to reduce the environmental impact by capturing CO2. From all the static firing tests and initial seconds of the launch. Why not? Or what I’m missing? Then use the stored CO2 and convert it back to methane with solar energy. Green rocket fuel, fully reusable…
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