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Dr. Bull’s Giant Space Cannon

2025/5/22
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Jeff Belanger: 我认为杰拉尔德·布尔是一位有远见卓识的工程师,他梦想着用大炮将卫星甚至人类送入太空。虽然军方只看到了武器的用途,但他仍然努力追求自己的梦想。我感到很惋惜,如果他能得到足够的资金和时间,也许佛蒙特州的杰伊会成为下一个卡纳维拉尔角。然而,我也意识到,一旦你与军方合作,你的发明就可能被用于邪恶的目的。最终,布尔与萨达姆·侯赛因达成了协议,这导致了他的悲剧命运。我感到很遗憾,他最终死于自己发明的武器之手。 Ray Auger: 我同意杰夫的观点,布尔的太空大炮是一个令人着迷的想法。虽然他取得了一些进展,例如将物体发射到太空的三分之二,但仍然存在许多技术挑战,例如如何保护卫星免受发射时的冲击。此外,世界在变化,精确和便携的武器变得更加重要,这使得布尔的大炮变得过时。我感到很震惊,布尔最终与萨达姆·侯赛因达成了协议,这导致了他的死亡。我也认为,政府之间可能会达成一些交易,以阻止武器落入坏人之手。

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In Episode 397 Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger explore the woods of North Jay, Vermont, searching for the ruins of Space Research Corporation. In the 1970s and 80s, Dr. Gerald Bull was attempting to build a cannon that could launch satellites into space much cheaper and more efficiently than rockets. The only problem was his funding came from various militaries who only saw the cannon’s use as a weapon. Once international dictators got involved… things turned deadly. Today we’re left wondering what could have been. 

 

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