Show shooting into space the question of whether it would ever be possible to shoot a projectile into space that Is to say entirely off the earth has long been the subject of discussion in a detailed scientific paper on the german long ranged gun which bombarded paris last spring major J maitland addison writing in the journal of the royal artillery says ays the requisite velocity of such a gun g un Is not so very much higher than what has already been achieved alz a muzzle velocity of a mile per second when we are able to increase this to five miles per second the projectile if fired at a suitable angle will travel around the earth as a grazing satellite completing its orbit between 17 and times dally daily with a velocity of abode about teven seven miles a second it will move oft of into space never to return |