Non-rocket spacelaunch
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Non-rocket spacelaunch refers to theoretical concepts for launch into space where much of the speed and altitude needed to achieve orbit is provided by a propulsion technique that is not subject to th
NASA illustration of a Maglifter sled launch.
A mass driver for lunar launch (artist's conception).
Project HARP, a prototype of a space gun.
Artist's conception of NASA's X-43A hypersonic aircraft with scramjet attached to the underside.
Space gun
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A space gun, sometimes called a Verne gun, is a theoretical method of launching an object into space using a large gun- or cannon-like structure. Space guns could thus potentially provide a method of
The Quicklauncher spacegun
Two sections of the Project Babylon gun
The firing of a space gun in Jules Verne's From the Earth to the Moon