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No cannon
From: Christian Sánchez <chvsanchez~at~arnet.com.ar>
Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2008 01:34:53 -0300
To: "Jules Verne Forum" <jvf~at~gilead.org.il>
Jules Verne proposed a giant cannon in his novel From the Earth to the Moon. However, such a sudden burst of acceleration would inevitably kill any passengers instantly, and calculations have shown no cannon could be powerful enough to achieve escape velocity. (http://technology.newscientist.com/channel/tech/dn13556-10-impossibilities-conquered-by-science.html)
Received on Fri 04 Apr 2008 - 07:50:05 IDT
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