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