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How One Canadian Engineer’s Effort to Build a ‘Space Gun’ Ended in Tragedy

9 Aug 2026

Gerald Bull is in many ways a tragic figure, whose single-minded pursuit of a cannon that could launch satellites into space led to growing ethical compromises—and eventually his assassination.