Description
I explain space guns, problems and solutions with space guns and also projects HARP and Babylon in this longest Explained: video yet. Hope you enjoy, and see you in another 2 months!
I really hope you enjoy and learn something from this video, and leave any constructive criticisms and ideas for future videos below.
Sources:
http://www.astronautix.com/a/abriefhistoheharpproject.html
http://www.astronautix.com/b/babylongun.html
https://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19980223621.pdf
https://history.nasa.gov/afj/launchwindow/lw1.html
http://www.au.af.mil/au/aupress/digital/pdf/book/b_0113_brulle_engineering_space_age.pdf
https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn10180-huge-launch-ring-to-fling-satellites-into-orbit
https://fas.org/nuke/guide/iraq/other/supergun.htm
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20160317-the-man-who-tried-to-make-a-supergun-for-saddam-hussein
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a5/South_Africa_Border_War_Map.png
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G-force#/media/File:Human_linear_acceleration_tolerance.svg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUXIY1KzqOE
The image of the V3 weapon was provided to Wikimedia Commons by the German Federal Archive.
Space Photo by Egres73 - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=29987109
Pentagon photo by David B. Gleason from Chicago, IL - The Pentagon, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=4891272
Cannon photo by Johann Jaritz - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0 at, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=44206682
Photo of neglected HARP gun by Johnmartindavies - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=31217933