Space Gun HARP cannon
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 3.6 mi
- Elevation gain
- 230 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Easy
- Elevation loss
- 230 ft
- Max elevation
- 206 ft
- TrailRank
- 37
- Min elevation
- 60 ft
- Trail type
- Loop
- Moving time
- one hour 28 minutes
- Time
- one hour 52 minutes
- Coordinates
- 1046
- Uploaded
- February 11, 2024
- Recorded
- February 2024
near Spencers, Christ Church (Barbados)
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The short hike is worth it.
The HARP project was established to develop a large gun to shoot things into space. It was originally built from a 65-foot long, 16” caliber naval cannon, the kind that might be seen on a battleship. The cannon was later joined to another barrel, extending the length of this super-gun to 120 feet and making it too big for effective military application, but perfect for satellite delivery. It was a serious attempt to use low-cost cannons in place of expensive rockets to launch satellites into space.
The HARP project was established to develop a large gun to shoot things into space. It was originally built from a 65-foot long, 16” caliber naval cannon, the kind that might be seen on a battleship. The cannon was later joined to another barrel, extending the length of this super-gun to 120 feet and making it too big for effective military application, but perfect for satellite delivery. It was a serious attempt to use low-cost cannons in place of expensive rockets to launch satellites into space.
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Gorgeous