PAVEWAY [email removed] writes:
>
> If one had between 1 and 4 personnel trained in various aspects of Tech 6-8
> technology stranded on a tech 0-1 world with some local prim's to do heavy
> lifting etc. would they be able to get out to the worlds satellite by
> building a spaceship? (assume they have Anagathics)
>
> The solution I wondered about was if the built an aircraft with a rocket
> engine like a larger version of the Me 163 Komet to put stuff in orbit.
> (assume they have an equatorial launch site and a nice ramp)
> Could a tech 5-7 airframe be built so it could fly down from orbit under its
> own power without heatshielding?
Will someone please explain, to me at least, why NASA hasn't been able to do
just this? Aren't the locals primitive enough to do the heavy lifting? :-)
> How hard is it to make an Iraqi super gun anyway? (without the aid of Her
> Majesties Govt.)
Well, the Germans managed it in WW2 (except that it wasn't exactly an *Iraqi*
super gun :-) when they built their V3 weapon. Basically, it was similar to
the Iraqi version, except that it wasn't built with British assistance. It
was demolished with British assistance, though, courtesy of 617 Squadron.
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