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From: henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer)
Newsgroups: net.space
Subject: Re: Getting into space
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Date: Thu, 2-Jan-86 14:22:12 EST
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Posted: Thu Jan  2 14:22:12 1986
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> ... The only problems are that the G forces inside the gun
> would be very high (enough to kill any astronaut and probably to set
> off the onboard rockets prematurely) ...

Building rockets to stand it should not be an insuperable problem, given
that similar hardware can be (and is) shot from ordinary guns without
significant trouble.  Building astronauts to stand it is a different matter...
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				Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology
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