Paris Gun

From: Pat Flannery <flanner@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 09 Oct 2008 15:20:55 -0500

Space flight WW I style: http://www.nasawatch.com/archives/2008/10/asteroid_2008_t.html
At the top of their ballistic arc, the gun's shell were nearly out of the atmosphere.
The gun's success became one of the inspirations for the A4/V-2 missile, whose designers used the Paris gun as a yardstick of how well their rocket was performing.

Pat
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