The Beltway
01-04-2006, 20:42
July 4, 2018
"Quite simply, the idea behind Project Columbiad is as follows: we'll build a giant gun on an artificial island that we'll create off the Delaware coast. We'll secure most of our funds from foreign sources; however, we'd like you to match our $150 billion US contribution," Admiral Thad Cochrane (retired), CEO of Baltimore Shipyards, said, speaking in front of a joint session of Congress. "This project will benefit the world by allowing cheaper, faster launching of satellites into orbit; it will benefit our nation by putting it on the map as the nation that built a satellite gun."
"So, how will we have the kind of technology to put this together?" newly-elected MP Joanne Brett (D-Prince George's) asked.
"Project Columbiad is simply the application of existing technology on a giant scale. We know how to build railguns; all we have to do is generate enough power to make a massive railgun work. We know how to build artificial islands; all we have to do is build one," Cochrane replied.
"And if this project fails?" long-serving Senator Paul Sarbanes (D-Maryland) asked doubtfully.
"It won't. We have always succeeded in our projects; further, we have talked with other nations and corporations about funding. Confederate Arms, of Spizania, has agreed to contribute $500 billion, while Pythogria promised to contribute funds as well," Cochrane answered confidently.
--Excerpted from an article in the July 5, 2018 Baltimore Sun--
Project Columbiad to be American-backed
Congress agrees to match Baltimore Shipyards, contributing $150 billion US
In a joint session yesterday, Congress voted in favor of helping fund Project Columbiad. Project Columbiad, named after the large gun used, fictionally, in Jules Verne's From the Earth to the Moon to propel a group of people to the Moon, is a plan by Baltimore Shipyards to build a massive railgun on an artificial island off the Delaware coast from which to launch satellites into orbit...
"We will need more. We have $800 billion in the bank so far, but our projections put the price at about $2 trillion," David Jeremiah, Chief Financial Officer of Baltimore Shipyards, said. Confederate Arms, a Spizanian arms manufacturer, has offered $500 billion US...
The site of Project Columbiad has been described in vague terms as being "off the Delaware coast." If a location has been selected, it will probably remain a secret for some time...
--End of Excerpt--
"Quite simply, the idea behind Project Columbiad is as follows: we'll build a giant gun on an artificial island that we'll create off the Delaware coast. We'll secure most of our funds from foreign sources; however, we'd like you to match our $150 billion US contribution," Admiral Thad Cochrane (retired), CEO of Baltimore Shipyards, said, speaking in front of a joint session of Congress. "This project will benefit the world by allowing cheaper, faster launching of satellites into orbit; it will benefit our nation by putting it on the map as the nation that built a satellite gun."
"So, how will we have the kind of technology to put this together?" newly-elected MP Joanne Brett (D-Prince George's) asked.
"Project Columbiad is simply the application of existing technology on a giant scale. We know how to build railguns; all we have to do is generate enough power to make a massive railgun work. We know how to build artificial islands; all we have to do is build one," Cochrane replied.
"And if this project fails?" long-serving Senator Paul Sarbanes (D-Maryland) asked doubtfully.
"It won't. We have always succeeded in our projects; further, we have talked with other nations and corporations about funding. Confederate Arms, of Spizania, has agreed to contribute $500 billion, while Pythogria promised to contribute funds as well," Cochrane answered confidently.
--Excerpted from an article in the July 5, 2018 Baltimore Sun--
Project Columbiad to be American-backed
Congress agrees to match Baltimore Shipyards, contributing $150 billion US
In a joint session yesterday, Congress voted in favor of helping fund Project Columbiad. Project Columbiad, named after the large gun used, fictionally, in Jules Verne's From the Earth to the Moon to propel a group of people to the Moon, is a plan by Baltimore Shipyards to build a massive railgun on an artificial island off the Delaware coast from which to launch satellites into orbit...
"We will need more. We have $800 billion in the bank so far, but our projections put the price at about $2 trillion," David Jeremiah, Chief Financial Officer of Baltimore Shipyards, said. Confederate Arms, a Spizanian arms manufacturer, has offered $500 billion US...
The site of Project Columbiad has been described in vague terms as being "off the Delaware coast." If a location has been selected, it will probably remain a secret for some time...
--End of Excerpt--