Actually, the cannon wasn't "supposed" to launch anything into orbit: it occured entirely by accident.
But, yes, it had to achieve ecape velocity to do this.
R
----- Original Message -----
From: "David McCallister" <mystery1881~at~verizon.net>
To: "Jules Verne Forum" <jvf~at~Gilead.org.il>
Sent: Saturday, April 5, 2008 11:09:19 AM (GMT-0500) America/New_York
Subject: Re: No cannon
I wonder how that would fit in with the canon-launcher proposed in "The Begum's Fortune"? Wasn't that supposed to send a shell only one "orbit" of the Earth - back to Oregon and Frankville (or Stahlstadt). Wouldn't it still need to achieve escape velocity, even for a low- or sub-orbital "trajectory"?
Received on Mon 07 Apr 2008 - 00:26:30 IDT
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