Dr. John Hunter was on the Space Show recently, which brought back some memories of an early time on this blog. His idea is to get to space with a hydrogen gas gun, that can send cargoes in low earth orbit for an affordable price. The gas gun is a variant of a Super Gun, which Saddam Hussein experimented with a long time ago. A Super Gun or gas gun uses heated gas to launch bombs to a destination miles away, or a cargo all the way to outer space.
The idea seems far-fetched, I suppose. But this guy is trying to find a way to make these ideas work in a commercial sense. That's the trick. Nothing works without money. Even though you may want to curse that fact, it is a fact. Love may make the world go round, but money makes the world work.
If his ideas are ever successful, he will be able to put cargoes into space for a competitive price. This will form the basis of a business that could support missions to faraway places in the solar system. This type of business will be like a service station in space.
People talk about these things, but progress is very slow.
Update:
Dr Hunter's kickstarter fundraiser was not successful. He didn't even get close. It's the way of the world. ( Probably not due to lack of merit, but for some other reason )
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