Orbital Gun Launch Systems, Light Gas Guns, Ram Accelerators and My Nuclear Cannon
New Scientist reports that John Hunter and two other ex-LLNL scientists have set up a company called Quicklaunch to make a light gas launch gun. The gun is larger than the Super High Altitude Research Project (SHARP) of the 1990’s, but is smaller and cheaper than what was proposed for the Jules Verne Launcher Company. …