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  1. uk 75

    Was a Manned Mars mission in 1982 feasible?

    The political and financial answers to this question were dealt with here . https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/space-1975-could-von-brauns-vision-have-worked.32299/page-2 What I really wanted to know and still do, was could it have been done technically? or was it just too complex? For...
  2. E

    Boston-Based Company Creates ‘Seaglider’ That Moves 180 MPH Above The Water

    https://boston.cbslocal.com/2021/05/12/seaglider-boston-regent-video/
    • edwest4
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    • cold war ii drone electric propulsion hydrofoil manned regent company regent defense transport aircraft united states united states marine corps unmanned wig wing in ground
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    • Forum: The Bar
  3. uk 75

    Could the US have got a crewed Mars Mission in the 80s?

    We have discussed the pros and cons of Stephen Baxter's novel "Voyage" about a US crew landing on Mars in 1985. But could a mission like that have been done with the technology available to NASA?
    • uk 75
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    • 1960s 1970s 1980s alternate history cold war computing deep space probes manned mars nasa nuclear rockets space age space race space transportation system united states
    • Replies: 81
    • Forum: Alternative History and Future Speculation
  4. Grey Havoc

    Lunar International Laboratory (1960s)

    Came across this while researching something totally different. This project was first proposed by Dr. Frank Malina (one of the founders of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory) in late 1960 as an ideal candidate for the first activity of the just formed Academy of Astronautics (now known as the...
    • Grey Havoc
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    • 1960s 1964 1974 academy of astronautics cold war international astronautical federation lunar dome lunar robots manned robotics space age unmanned
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Secret Space Projects
  5. Grey Havoc

    VTOL On Demand Mobility

    Airbus is apparently getting in on the act, with a project called the CityAirbus Vahana. Via Gizmodo: http://www.airbusgroup.com/int/en/news-media/corporate-magazine/Forum-88/My-Kind-Of-Flyover.html
    • Grey Havoc
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    • 21st century advanced air mobility air taxis cold war ii electric propulsion electric vertical takeoff and landing manned post-cold war stol unmanned vtol
    • Replies: 1,747
    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  6. A

    Pilot vs. Pilotless craft.

    Hardly a week doesn't go by when I haven't read or heard of one of the U.S. armed services developing and/or deploying some sort of autonomous unmanned vehicle for future armed conflicts. As much as I like reading about all the technological developments that the U.S. and/or other militaries are...
    • A51dude
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    • drone manned optionally manned pilotless aircraft remote control rpv ucav unmanned aerial vehicle
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  7. Grey Havoc

    ESA 'Lunar Village' proposal

    http://www.space-travel.com/reports/Momentum_builds_for_creation_of_moon_villages_999.html http://news.yahoo.com/european-space-boss-crazy-moon-village-plan-151401886.html
    • Grey Havoc
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    • 2010s 2020s 21st century europe european space agency lunar robots manned moon moon village moonbase
    • Replies: 12
    • Forum: Secret Space Projects
  8. Grey Havoc

    The CPUs of Spacecraft

    I thought this would fit in well here: http://www.cpushack.com/space-craft-cpu.html
  9. Michel Van

    MEM: the Mars Excursion Module of the 1960s

    better know as Mission Engineering Study of Electrically Propelled Manned Planetary Vehicles GE began the study for MSFC in July 1966. they proposed to uses both nuclear-thermal and nuclear-electric propulsion. Nuclear ionengine give mission flexibility also for unfavorable opportunities and...
    • Michel Van
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    • 1960s 1967 cold war contractor models deep space probes general electric late 1960s manned mars marshall space flight center model nasa nasa marshall space flight center north american aviation nuclear power nuclear rockets nuclear-electric propulsion post-apollo space age space probes space race united states
    • Replies: 144
    • Forum: Secret Space Projects
  10. prolific1

    Design of Manned Mission to Mars

    In light of the wildly varying opinions on this somewhat polarizing topic I have a proposal that may require this being moved to Theoretical and Speculative or to Alternative History and Future Speculation. Not sure which. I would like to employ my considerable artistic prowess to creating a...
  11. H

    Manned versus unmanned airliners

    I dont think it is going to matter how confident the aerospace community becomes with UAVs. Jo Public will never accept and thus we will never see a pilot less airliner...
    • hole in the ground
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    • airliner civil aviation cybernetics drone manned optionally manned pilotless aircraft remote control remote-controlled robotics
    • Replies: 60
    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  12. archipeppe

    RSC Energia - Zarya Manned Spacecraft

    Here is my personal contribution about this interesting, even if unrealized, project of mid-'80s. It was essentially a Soyuz replacement with an enlarged reentry module (reusable through the exploitation of VKK Buran's TPS) and a small expendeable service module.
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