Have we done the space cannon yet

[Doggy Styles]

You need to obtain some imagination, I hear Churchill is selling it cheap just off M5 at Bridgwater.

I could imagine him being behind it.

[AtW]

Giant electromagnets holding a 1000 mile long barrel 12 miles off the ground? I can't believe that would work.

You need to obtain some imagination, I hear Churchill is selling it cheap just off M5 at Bridgwater.

[Doggy Styles]

Giant electromagnets holding a 1000 mile long barrel 12 miles off the ground? I can't believe that would work.

What about a giant see-saw where someone very fat jumps on one end?

[TimberWolf]

HS2 or maglev into space?

Maglev and then shoot all the Brummies into outer space.

Win win.

Yeah, it could be our space programme.

[DimPrawn]

HS2 or maglev into space?

Maglev and then shoot all the Brummies into outer space.

Win win.

[TimberWolf]

It would be nice if humanity got together and built a rail gun, but not that rickety, power-cut prone death trap of doom.

[eek]

So not much more than HS2. I prefer the maglev.

Didn't realise it was the same price as HS2. I much prefer the maglev even if it didn't work.

[BrilloPad]

So not much more than HS2. I prefer the maglev.

[eek]

In the Future, Maglev Cannons Will Shoot Us Into Space | Gizmodo UK

Wasn't this what HG Wells imagined space travel would be like.