Ability to create cannons that are able to shoot projectiles and space craft from a tube or rail.
Multiple propellants, electromagnetic rail guns, laser and so on, space is the the limit.
SHARP, Quicklaunch, StarTram, Mass driver, Space elevator, Launch loop, Lightcraft, Space fountain, Tether propulsion, smoothbore, muzzle-loading, breech-loading, rifled.
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