Root5 Posted September 2, 2013 Share Posted September 2, 2013 So it seems there have been a couple attempts to use giant guns to launch objects into space. The image above is of project HARP, a project that was started by the American and Canadian defence departments and abandoned in 1967. The guns are now just sitting around in the Barbados jungle. These seem to be the most IDM examples of space guns. More info here: http://www.slate.com/blogs/atlas_obscura/2013/07/03/project_harp_a_giant_space_gun_in_barbados_is_now_abandoned.html The guy who built these also tried building some for Saddam Hussein, in a project called Project Babylon. He was assissinated before finishing the project. It seems that what was built is now sitting around in war museums in the states. More info here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Babylon The general wikipedia page for space guns is pretty fascinating too: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_gun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yshf Posted September 2, 2013 Share Posted September 2, 2013 Had to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcbpete Posted September 2, 2013 Share Posted September 2, 2013 Look at the poor abandoned thing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambermonk Posted September 2, 2013 Share Posted September 2, 2013 Had to. lol. Ages 3 and up?? One could make a track using samples the Space Gun makes when the trigger is held. Also, he's right about its resemblance to the gun Deckard (Harrison Ford) uses in Blade Runner Oh, were we talking about abandoned howitzers from the 1960s designed to shoot things into orbit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Root5 Posted September 2, 2013 Author Share Posted September 2, 2013 I'm not sure which kind of space gun is more idm. EDIT: Space doo doo pistols, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambermonk Posted September 2, 2013 Share Posted September 2, 2013 I'm not sure which kind of space gun is more idm. EDIT: Space doo doo pistols, etc. [youtubehd]tjKHQeRSvjk[/youtubehd] ...amarite? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Root5 Posted September 2, 2013 Author Share Posted September 2, 2013 But using ballistics to launch objects into space is still pretty awesome. And that the technology for this is rusting away in a jungle is IDM as fuck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Araungzeb Posted September 2, 2013 Share Posted September 2, 2013 (Jungle space gun) - (gun) + (too much acid acid) = Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadameChaos Posted September 2, 2013 Share Posted September 2, 2013 so sad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joyrex Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 Most IDM 2014 contender! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Sprigg Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 From the beginning of the wikipedia article: Not to be confused with Raygun, a type of gun common in science fiction. For other uses, see Space gun (disambiguation). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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