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Space mortar
« on: June 08, 2008, 10:23:49 AM »

The_Professor

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Re: Space mortar
« Reply #1 on: June 08, 2008, 11:32:12 AM »
Interesting concept but since the Federal Government has essentially raped the NASA budget for some time and will continue to do so in the future, not much, unfortunately, will be made of this intriguing concept.
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Re: Space mortar
« Reply #2 on: June 08, 2008, 11:54:08 AM »
That assumes only NASA can get people to the moon. Which maybe technically true now, though it may not be true much longer.
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