From: cdorrough@nortonconsultants.com   
      
   "Roger Stokes"  wrote in message   
   news:FKiwd.30205$Ew6.24752@twister.socal.rr.com...   
   > I still like the idea of a huge gun to launch cargo - at 1000g the gun   
   would   
   > be only 2 miles long. And as has been pointed out in this newsgroup   
   before,   
   > well-designed and properly packed cargo can withstand hundreds or   
   thousands   
   > of g. Let only the astronauts make orbit in rockets - people are only   
   about   
   > 1% of the total mass of a manned long distance or long duration space   
   > mission.   
      
   I'd reckon the world's terrierorists might like the idea too.. "Man-made   
   Meteors Rain Down on Captial City" - such glorious headlines!! ;-)   
      
   Depending upon how long it takes to re-load the thing, it wouldn't even   
   matter what you loaded it with, any nearby rock would do - and orbital   
   velocity wouldn't necessarily be required, either.   
      
   IIRC, the Nazi's tried a similar thing once...  Politically, it'll never   
   happen.   
      
   Cameron:-)   
      
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