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Scots catapult to land people on the moon
Times Online ^
| 04/02/06
Posted on 04/02/2006 2:42:22 PM PDT by KevinDavis
IT IS more familiar as the weapon of choice for naughty schoolboys, but Scottish scientists have used the humble catapult to inspire a new branch of research that could revolutionise space travel, writes Marc Horne.
Researchers at Glasgow University are working on the production of a giant stellar “slingshot” that they believe can be used to propel spacecraft to the moon.
Their research has caught the eye of experts at Nasa, who claim the technology could cut the cost of space travel dramatically and lead to the establishment of lunar bases within 20 years. They also believe the technology could be used for manned space missions.
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TOPICS: Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: moon; scotland; scots; sionnsar; space
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posted on
04/02/2006 2:42:44 PM PDT
by
KevinDavis
(http://www.cafepress.com/spacefuture)
To: KevinDavis
Is it just me or do the Scotts have an obsession about catapults?
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posted on
04/02/2006 2:44:40 PM PDT
by
bnelson44
(Proud parent of a tanker! (Charlie Mike, son))
To: KevinDavis
I think the catapult was tried once in the future
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posted on
04/02/2006 2:47:44 PM PDT
by
Fzob
(Why does this tag line keep showing up?)
To: KevinDavis
To: KevinDavis
"Should I tell 'em how t' really do it, laddie?"
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posted on
04/02/2006 2:49:15 PM PDT
by
WestVirginiaRebel
(Common sense will do to liberalism what the atomic bomb did to Nagasaki-Rush Limbaugh)
To: bnelson44
Moonmen will pour boiling oil on them if they try.
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posted on
04/02/2006 2:49:27 PM PDT
by
My2Cents
To: bnelson44
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posted on
04/02/2006 2:49:51 PM PDT
by
phantomworker
(You are what you think you are......Qu’est que c’est)
To: bnelson44
In other news, Scottish scientists revealed today that they are very close to perfecting a "bagpipe engine". The engine is ale-fuled and converts ale to hot air.
The scientist also revealed that the engine doesn't actually send the operator to the moon but drives other standing nearby to the moon.
To: KevinDavis
They want to design it so it will launch all of the haggis in Scotland.
To: Fzob
"I think the catapult was tried once in the future"
Sure you're not thinking about Willi E Coyote in the past. As I recall it was most likely made by ACME.
To: KevinDavis
'THEY MEAN TO WIN WIMBLEDON'
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posted on
04/02/2006 2:55:55 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: KevinDavis
I never met a Scotsman I wanted to fight... but would have without choice is I referred to them as Scots or Scotts as much as these posters here are.
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posted on
04/02/2006 2:56:38 PM PDT
by
NTW64
To: dfwgator
Fling me to the moon...
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posted on
04/02/2006 2:56:53 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(Never a minigun handy when you need one.)
To: bnelson44
Is it just me or do the Scotts have an obsession about catapults?Oh, these Scots scientists always get a tad wacky after several oatmeal stouts and copious amounts of Glenmorangie.
Whatever became of Sheena Easton? I always thought her to be very beautiful, as well as a wonderful singer.
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posted on
04/02/2006 2:59:06 PM PDT
by
jla
To: Meadow Muffin
Haggis isnt that bad if you dont describe it while eating.
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posted on
04/02/2006 2:59:11 PM PDT
by
bdfromlv
(Leavenworth hard time)
To: NTW64
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posted on
04/02/2006 3:00:30 PM PDT
by
dighton
To: cripplecreek
Fling me to the moon... ROFL!!
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posted on
04/02/2006 3:00:57 PM PDT
by
Riley
("What color is the boathouse at Hereford?")
To: bdfromlv
"Git yer haggis, right here. Chopped heart n' lungs. Boiled in a wee sheeps' stomach. Taste's as good as it sounds. Good for what ails ya"
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posted on
04/02/2006 3:03:32 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: KevinDavis
Yep, sounds about right. Leave it up to my Scottish ancestors to figure out a way to more frugally send a man to the moon.
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posted on
04/02/2006 3:06:17 PM PDT
by
john drake
(roman military maxim: "oderint dum metuant, i.e., let them hate, as long as they fear")
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