nuclear powered vehicles

Like those of most countries, US Army tanks have relentlessly increased in weight since the M4 Sherman in World War 2. As you have heard, for decades now voices have advocated entirely replacing the M1 Abrams with a much smaller, lighter tank, even a wheeled vehicle. The lighter tank would have...

A bit of fun, based on something I posted elsewhere . . . What non-existant car do wish had been built, from any time since cars were invented, factual or fictional. I always wanted Mitsubishi Cars to produce a competitor to the Mazda MX-5 / Miata called the Zero. It would only be available in...

Douglas Nuclear Space Ship Douglas 1960 nuclear powered spacecraft View: https://www.reddit.com/r/RetroFuturism/comments/48nbte/1960_douglas_aircraft_concept_for_a/ A Look Back…Recoverable Rocket Boosters - A Future That Never Was by Tony R. Landis Page: 8 - DOUGLAS NUCLEAR LAUNCH VEHICLE...

Hello, good afternoon. This is my second post. Thank you for reading. Russian old magazines on the Internet are a cemetery of romantic impractical futurism. I found absolutely unique magazines - a rarity even on the Internet. This is Knowledge-Power. Journals for students of polytechnic...

What Hitler planned for German Railways had they won the war... View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkuEP5iMRiM

Apple has released the first three episodes of For All Mankind, an alternate history TV series. Ron Moore, of Battlestar Galactica, is running it. The premise is that the Soviets were lucky with the N-1 and the first man on the moon was Alexei Leonov. As a result, the space race continues...

https://www.ebay.com/itm/1965-Wire-Photo-Nasa-Nuclear-Power-System-Space-Vandenberg-Air-Base-Ca-8X10/163531342290?hash=item26133a41d2:g:A6QAAOSwyeNcVdv9:sc:USPSFirstClass!48185!US!-1

A trio of films mixing footage from the Golden Era of car chase films (late 60s - 70s), some later stuff and music. Of the three I like the last one which uses the Black Crowe's Go Faster as the backing track...

http://ntrs.nasa.gov/search.jsp?R=20150014581 http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20160405-the-space-submarine-hunting-the-solar-system-for-aliens

I just have to share this link. This SF - Ekranoplan looks just WOW! https://www.artstation.com/artwork/o0z3J (pictures added)

http://atomic-skies.blogspot.ie/2012/07/nukes-on-ice.html (Drawings and pictures at link)

Artist's impression of unmanned Martian reconnaissance vehicle concept press photo found on eBay. Source: http://www.ebay.com/itm/1958-Boeing-Minute-Man-Missile-Martian-Reconnaissance-vehicle-Press-Photo-/190706754178?pt=Art_Photo_Images&hash=item2c67022282

i found this You tube video on 1960s prediction on 1970s weapon system sadly it's show only a fragment of original film View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FydcxZt4Xdk&feature=player_embedded

NASAs pre-Apollo program underwent a number of changes as the need to reach the moon before the Russians came to dominate the program. One concept, that was studied and not proceeded with was mounting a small (100lb) rover to a modified Surveyor. It was to be fitted with small scientific...

During the 1960's one proposal for the Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) was make it so that after the manned mission was over it could be used as an unmanned rover for further exploration. Here is the final presentation report for the Bendix Version...

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 ...

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 ::)