{"id":3187,"date":"2013-07-04T18:51:30","date_gmt":"2013-07-04T18:51:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=3187"},"modified":"2021-10-01T17:36:25","modified_gmt":"2021-10-01T21:36:25","slug":"project-harp-space-gun-rusts-away-in-barbados","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=3187","title":{"rendered":"Project HARP space gun rusts away in Barbados"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The remains of the massive <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Project_HARP\" target=\"_d\" rel=\"noopener\">Project HARP<\/a> space cannon look pretty forlorn: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.slate.com\/blogs\/atlas_obscura\/2013\/07\/03\/project_harp_a_giant_space_gun_in_barbados_is_now_abandoned.html\" target=\"_d\" rel=\"noopener\">Project Harp, a giant space gun in Barbados, is now abandoned &#8211; Slate<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"HARP Project\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/25113263@N02\/3372879189\/in\/set-72157615628332127\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/3572\/3372879189_4760f38c57.jpg\" alt=\"HARP Project\" width=\"500\" height=\"330\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Credits: <a class=\"owner-name truncate no-outline\" title=\"Go to Graham's photostream\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/25113263@N02\/\" data-track=\"attributionNameClick\">Graham<\/a> on flickr<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The remains of the massive Project HARP space cannon look pretty forlorn: Project Harp, a giant space gun in Barbados, is now abandoned &#8211; Slate Credits: Graham on flickr<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3187","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-history","category-rockets"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-Pp","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":19654,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=19654","url_meta":{"origin":3187,"position":0},"title":"Student and amateur CubeSat news roundup &#8211; Sept.9.2019","author":"TopSpacer","date":"September 9, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"A sampling of recent articles, press releases, etc. related to student and amateur CubeSat \/ SmallSat projects and programs (find previous smallsat roundups here): ** HARP cubesat developed by Utah State and Univ. 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