A massive 'space cannon' can shoot payloads into space at hypersonic speeds

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Sending objects into orbit in 10 minutes at 20 times the speed of sound.

With a 54-foot launch tube, the company was able to fire a payload into the stratosphere at a velocity exceeding Mach 3.

During the 90s, Green Launch COO and Chief Science Officer Dr. John W. Hunter worked on an offshoot of the HARP program called SHARP – the 'S' representative of the program's ambition to reach"super" high altitudes. During his time at the SHARP program, Hunter led the development of the world's largest"hydrogen impulse launcher".as a"space" gun — features a long thin barrel filled with hydrogen mixed with helium and oxygen.

"The trick is using a light gas like hydrogen, which has a very low molecular weight," said Green Launch CTO Dr. John Hunter."You can get very high velocities that aren't possible with railguns or other systems. This has zero carbon emission and will allow us to revolutionize access to space and open the solar system to manned exploration.", a recent recipient of a NASA Space Act Agreement contract.

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