News tagged with john hunter

Space cannon to shoot payloads into orbit (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- A physicist has proposed using a 1.1 km (3,600 ft) cannon to deliver cargo into orbit, and says the cost would be around $250 per pound, a massive saving on the $5,000 per pound ($11,000 per ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Jan 18, 2010 | 4.6 / 5 (43) | 37 |

Experts urge 18th-century 'Irish giant' be laid to rest

Experts called Wednesday for the skeleton of Charles Byrne, the "Irish giant", to be removed from a London museum where it has been on display for almost 200 years and buried at sea, as he wanted.

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

Dec 21, 2011 | 4.8 / 5 (4) | 5