He moved from project to project in his quest to economically launch a satellite using a huge artillery piece, to which end he designed the Project Babylon "supergun" for the Iraqi government.
He specialized in ballistics and throughout his life he was designing a super cannon to cheaply shoot objects into orbit. Canada and the United States cancelled the joint project.
While devastated that his dream would never be seen, he was approached by another financial backer: Saddam Hussein.
Project Babylon was a project with unknown objectives commissioned by the then Iraqi president Saddam Hussein to build a series of 'superguns'.
The design was based on research from the 1960s Project HARP led by Gerald Bull. There were most likely four different devices in the program.
The project began in 1988; it was halted in 1990 after Gerald Bull was assassinated, and parts of these superguns were seized in transit around Europe.
The components that remained in Iraq were destroyed by the United Nations after the 1991 Gulf War.
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