while reading of Mr. Nozette unfortunate ending...
http://www.fas.org/blog/secrecy/2012/03/sandia_drone.html
http://www.fas.org/irp/eprint/sand-uav.pdf
From here: http://up-ship.com/blog/?p=8110
Showing the radiation levels around a NERVA. Note that the magnitudes (ten-to-the-holycrap power) are shown as faint large background numerals.
USAF interplanetary spacecraft concept model using Space Power Unit Reactor (SPUR) found on EBay.
http://cgi.ebay.com/Spacecraft-Concept-Contractor-Desk-Model-NASA-USAF_W0QQitemZ110459822900QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item19b7eb2334
Description from EBay:
More Than 23,000 Nukes Found in 14 Nations, Report Says
Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009
There are an estimated 23,360 nuclear weapons stockpiled in 14 nations, with the great majority held by Russia and the United States, two nonproliferation experts said in a report issued this week (see GSN, Oct...
I am looking for information on the planned composition of USN carrier battle groups, and the wider USN, in the early 1960's with particular reference to nuclear powered surface ships. As I understand it, it was initially planned to construct 6 Enterprise class ships and 10 Long Beach class...
hell yeah, another Cool edition of eAPR is coming ;D
already eAPR V2N1 had fantastic in deep look on Project Pluto !
V2N2 will have the North American 1947 study of a Nuclear Ramjet
http://up-ship.com/blog/?p=1218
This 1947 Ramjet is a unique design of chemical-nuclear ICBM
Scott can you...
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...
Hi everybody
I am searching for pictures or drawings of the Krauss-Maffei "Atomlok" .
It is a german postwar project for a nuclear powered locomotive !
Data: Lenght 35m, wide 3m, weight 185 t, Power 5916 hp
Here I have found some websites with pictures of nuclear powered locomotives ...
Hi,
the Bell Helicoptere Corporation designed a new concept
for atomic-powered VTOL transport helicopter,it had 300 ft
length,500,000 1b weight and estimated speed of 200 mph,
it was look like to me as flying ship.
http://www.flightglobal.com/PDFArchive/View/1960/1960%20-%200793.html
Atempt to make a SSTO with a LACE system.
air coming from the intake was pumped in tanks, oxygen was separated from the rest of the air, then went to fuel the engine (burning with hydrogen).
First atempt at LACE / ACES long before HOTOL.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerospaceplane
I would...
I read on whatifmodelers forum (I think from an uk75 post) that there were some studies for nuclear powered tanks in the US in the 50's.
I would like to learn more about this designs and see drawings if it is possible ::)
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