Lunar_Lander
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We had some discussions about Gerald Bull's High Altitude Research Program on the IRC channel last week. I have read quite a few accounts on HARP (Wikipedia articles, the two astronautix.com articles for which you'll find the links below, as well as some scientific magazine articles).
I have the opinion that there will be no problem as to pick up HARP again. As mentioned in the first astronautix article, people at Ottawa tried to stop Canadian funding of the project and were finally successful, and Bull was deprived of his chance of launching a minimum satellite by gun.
If we would get funding for a new project of such a kind, what would be the next logical step?
Constructing new projectiles and the rocket for the satellite launch?
Contacting US Army for a potential support and for getting a new gun?
Contacting equatorial countries for a possible launch range?
(Of course only three of a whole lot of things to be done, but these were the ones that came to my mind most immediately)
Articles at astronautix.com:
http://www.astronautix.com/articles/abroject.htm
http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/martlet.htm
I have the opinion that there will be no problem as to pick up HARP again. As mentioned in the first astronautix article, people at Ottawa tried to stop Canadian funding of the project and were finally successful, and Bull was deprived of his chance of launching a minimum satellite by gun.
If we would get funding for a new project of such a kind, what would be the next logical step?
Constructing new projectiles and the rocket for the satellite launch?
Contacting US Army for a potential support and for getting a new gun?
Contacting equatorial countries for a possible launch range?
(Of course only three of a whole lot of things to be done, but these were the ones that came to my mind most immediately)
Articles at astronautix.com:
http://www.astronautix.com/articles/abroject.htm
http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/martlet.htm