STATUS UPDATE 16 APRIL 2009

I continued to update the Phase I Plan for the development of the Nuclear Waste Cannon (NWC). I also published a new logo on the www.buildnwc.org and on this blog. I had to learn how to use INKSCAPE (a free vector drawing program) in the process of fine tuning the logo.

I also continued to research sources of information on the history of the cannon. A key report was developed by MIT in 1980 that asserted that the NWC was not only feasible but would be economical, at least for the amount of nuclear waste identified at that time. The MIT projectile, if launched from sea level would burn off about a third of its weight in ablation of the nose cone. Our projectile would be launched from about 19,000 foot altitude if we can use Mount Chimborazo in Equador; this should reduce the need for such an extensive ablation shield.