This insane gun would have been the king of artillery, and it was known as “Project Babylon,” or the “space gun.” Project Babylon’s story begins in 1981, when Saddam Hussein, then Iraq’s defense ...

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Rockets are cool, but they’re also being fired into space by Elon Musk, who is cringe. You know what is cool, though? A giant cannon that shoots stuff into space. It might be cheaper, easier, and more ...

A new story on the US - USSR space race details how the Soviets built the only gun to ever fire in space -- and why they felt they had to build it in the first place. Share on Facebook (opens in a new ...

Click to open image viewer. This lithographed tin “Atomic Space Gun” was made in Japan in the 1950s that sparks and makes a whirring noise when the trigger is squeezed. Atomic themes of the post-war ...