harpoon

    1. Lukwan

      Ship Grappler (or Harpoon)

      Why should the astronaut have all the fun? This idea may be unworkable for technical reasons but I'll ask anyway. Is it possible to make a ship based Grapple gun or Harpoon? This would anchor a ship to a station or a planet and resist pull effects (of gravity and tertiary). It would usable to...
    2. kilemeino

      Read by Council tow chains/ harpoons

      first off i want to state that, apparently the idea of a physical towing linkage is not new. Tow Chains there are three parts to this idea: 1. the launcher the block can act like a unlinked missile launcher. the computer will have two slave ports. launch modifier, and ability. as the launch...