Moonandback Interview with John Hunter, part 1 – Space Mule 14 March 2011 In the first of a three-part interview with MM, Dr. John Hunter talks about gas gun research dating back two decades to Lawrence Livermore, the economics of a trip by humans to Mars, and how his company Quicklaunch proposes to make routine [...]
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Discover Magazine – Comic-Con: Private Space Flight Ain’t the Miracle It’s Cracked up to Be
July 23rd, 2010 by Eric Wolff From Discover Magazine Blogs – Comic-Con: Private Space Flight Ain’t the Miracle It’s Cracked up to Be One of the marvels of Comic-Con is that when a panelist asks the people in the room whether they’d be willing to risk a fatal mechanical failure for the chance to go [...]
Fox News – Will a Space Cannon Fuel the Next Moon Landing?
By John Brandon Published January 28, 2010 | FOXNews.com Will a Space Cannon Fuel the Next Moon Landing? | Fox News It was at a cocktail party that Dr. John Hunter, a fast-talking 54-year-old physicist who once worked at Lawrence Livermore National Lab, had a crazy idea. As sometimes happens over a third martini, a [...]
Universe Today – Hydrogen Gas Cannons Could Launch Payloads to Orbit
Hydrogen Gas Cannons Could Launch Payloads to Orbit (w/video) by NICHOLOS WETHINGTON on JANUARY 20, 2010 Universe Today To get something into space right now, you need a rocket. You also need a lot of money, as the current going rate for getting something into orbit is about $5,000 a pound ($11,000 per kg). But [...]
PHYSORG – Space Cannon to Shoot Payloads Into Orbit
(PhysOrg.com) — A physicist has proposed using a 1.1 km (3,600 ft) cannon to deliver cargo into orbit, and says the cost would be around $250 per pound, a massive saving on the $5,000 per pound ($11,000 per kg) it currently costs to make deliveries using a rocket. John Hunter, from the company Quicklaunch, which [...]
The Space Show – John Hunter Audio Broadcast
Broadcast 1290 on The Space Show, Dr. David Livingston Aired on January 15th, 2010 From The Space Show The Space Show Website [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Dr. John Hunter talks for over an hour about hydrogen gas gun technology, low cost space access, space physics and engineering with Dr. David Livingston on [...]
Popular Science – A Cannon for Shooting Supplies into Space
Popular Science Full Web Article John Hunter wants to shoot stuff into space with a 3,600-foot gun. And he’s dead serious—he’s done the math. Making deliveries to an orbital outpost on a rocket costs $5,000 per pound, but using a space gun would cost just $250 per pound. Building colossal guns has been Hunter’s pet [...]
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