[1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Bull

   On Mon, Dec 6, 2021, 8:30 PM professor rat <[2]pro2rat@yahoo.com.au>
   wrote:

     Reminds me greatly of Gerald Bull's cannon launching system.
     He was a renowned expert in military cannons. He did serious
     experimental work on launching satellites this way from a location
     in Canada. He sought funding to take his ideas to the next stage but
     was apparently blocked by U.S. interests. To survive he took a
     contract from Saddam's Iraq. The Israeli Mossad did not like it and
     told him if he continued he would be killed, which they did a few
     months later

References

   1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Bull
   2. mailto:pro2rat@yahoo.com.au