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From the Earth to the Moon by Jules Verne
From the Earth to the Moon by Jules Verne




From the Earth to the Moon by Jules Verne

After deceleration going through the earth's atmosphere, the shell would have a residual velocity of 11 km/second, sufficient to reach the moon. This was supposed to propel the 2.74 m diameter shell to a velocity of 16.5 km/second. The first 61 m of the barrel was filled with 122 metric tons of guncotton. The gun was poured into a 274 m deep well, with a bore of 2.74 m. As a result, at the time of Apollo 8 and 11 missions it was noted that Verne had made an astonishing number of correct predictions about the actual missions.

From the Earth to the Moon by Jules Verne

Although some errors were made, Verne used real engineering analysis to arrive at the design of his cannon and manned moon projectile.

From the Earth to the Moon by Jules Verne

Jules Verne's moon gun, as described in his 1865 novel From the Earth to the Moon, was located in Florida. Home - Search - Browse - Alphabetic Index: 0- 1- 2- 3- 4- 5- 6- 7- 8- 9Ī- B- C- D- E- F- G- H- I- J- K- L- M- N- O- P- Q- R- S- T- U- V- W- X- Y- ZĪpollo Columbia spacecraft compared with Jules Verne's Columbiadįrench gun-launched orbital launch vehicle.






From the Earth to the Moon by Jules Verne