Transportation of a floatable rocket vehicle

Claim 1

A METHOD OF HANDLING AND LAUNCHING A FLOATABLE ROCKET VEHICLE HAVING AN ELONGATED BODY, A NOSE END AND A BASE END AND HAVING A POSITIVE METACENTRIC HEIGHT SO THAT IT WILL FLOAT UPRIGHT IN A BODY OF WATER WITH ITS NOSE END ABOVE ITS BASE END COMPRISING THE STEPS OF PLACING SAID ROCKET VEHICLE IN AN UNFLOODED DRYDOCK, ADDING BUOYANCY MEANS TO SAID ROCKET VEHICLE WHILE IN THE UNFLOODED DRYDOCK SO THAT THE ROCKET VEHICLE WILL FLOAT WITH ITS LONGITUDINAL AXIS SUBSTANTIALLY HORIZONTAL IN WATER, FLOODING SAID DRYDOCK, TOWING THE ROCKET VEHICLE FROM THE DRYDOCK TO THE BODY OF WATER, REMOVING SAID BUOYANCY MEANS, TOWING THE ROCKET VEHICLE THROUGH THE WATER TO A PREDETERMINED LAUNCH SITE, DOWNWARDLY BIASING THE NOSE END OF THE ROCKET VEHICLE WITH RESPECT TO THE BODY OF WATER WHILE BEING TOWED TO THE LAUNCH SITE, ALLOWING THE ROCKET VEHICLE TO ASSUME AN UPRIGHT LAUNCHING POSITION AT SAID LAUNCH SITE AND THEN FIRING SAID ROCKET VEHICLE.

Claim 2

A METHOD OF HANDLING AND LAUNCHING A FLOATABLE ROCKET VEHICLE HAVING AN ELONGATED BODY, A NOSE END AND A BASE END AND HAVING A POSITIVE METACENTRIC HEIGHT SO THAT IT WILL FLOAT UPRIGHT IN A BODY OF WATER WITH ITS NOSE END ABOVE ITS BASE END COMPRISING THE STEPS OF PLACING SAID ROCKET VEHICLE IN AN UNFLOODED DRYDOCK, ADDING BUOYANCY MEANS TO SAID ROCKET VEHICLE WHILE IN THE UNFLOODED DRYDOCK SO THAT THE ROCKET VEHICLE WILL FLOAT WITH ITS LONGITUDINAL AXIS SUBSTANTIALLY HORIZONTAL IN WATER, FLOODING SAID DRYDOCK, TOWING THE ROCKET VEHICLE FROM THE DRYDOCK TO THE BODY OF WATER, REMOVING SAID BUOYANCY MEANS, TOWING THE ROCKET VEHICLE THROUGH THE WATER TO A PREDETERMINED LAUNCH SITE, DOWNWARDLY BIASING THE NOSE END OF THE ROCKET VEHICLE WITH RESPECT TO THE BODY OF WATER WHILE BEING TOWED TO THE LAUNCH SITE, ALLOWING THE ROCKET VEHICLE TO ASSUME AN UPRIGHT LAUNCHING POSITION AT SAID LAUNCH SITE AND THEN FIRING SAID ROCKET VEHICLE.