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  1. X-39

    NASA Selects Futuristic Space Technology Concepts for Early Study

    https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-selects-futuristic-space-technology-concepts-for-early-study/
    • X-39
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    • 3d printing airships futuristic concepts nasa nasa innovative advanced concepts program nasa space technology mission directorate nuclear rockets robotics space concepts space station
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  2. U

    Doomsday weapons and weapons to end all wars

    (Shamelessly stolen from the website atomic rockets) One notional 1959 concept for a large military Orion was the “doomsday weapon" idea. Instead of one Orion carrying a large number or weapons, able to rain down devastation on many separate targets, the idea was to equip one Orion with one...
  3. QuadroFX

    Russian nuclear propulsion spacecraft "Nuklon"

    Nuclear propulsion spacecraft "Nuklon" / "Нуклон" / "Nucleon" also known as TEM / ТЭМ ( Transport and Energy Module ) / Транспортно-Энергетический Модуль / Transportno-Energeticheskiy Modul' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TEM_(nuclear_propulsion) The assembly process has started! :cool...
    • QuadroFX
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    • 21st century deep space probes nuclear power nuclear rockets roscosmos russia russian federation
    • Replies: 39
    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  4. Flyaway

    NASA Keeping Nuclear-thermal Option Open For Mars

    Couldn't find an existing thread for this. http://m.aviationweek.com/space/nasa-keeping-nuclear-thermal-option-open-mars
    • Flyaway
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    • late 2010s mars nasa nuclear power nuclear rockets
    • Replies: 66
    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  5. Orionblamblam

    NERVA - nuclear rocket

    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.
    • Orionblamblam
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    • cold war nasa nuclear power nuclear rockets space race
    • Replies: 22
    • Forum: Propulsion
  6. Triton

    USAF interplanetary spacecraft concept using SPUR

    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:
    • Triton
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    • cold war deep space probes nuclear microreactor nuclear power nuclear rockets small nuclear reactors space race united states united states air force
    • Replies: 15
    • Forum: Secret Space Projects
  7. Triton

    Space Transfer Concepts and Analyses for Exploration Missions (STCAEM) (1991)

    Space transfer concepts and analysis for exploration missions. Implementation plan and element description document. Volume 1: Major trades. Book 1: Draft final Abstract: http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19930013159_1993013159.pdf Space transfer concepts and analysis for...
    • Triton
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    • cold war early 1990s late 1980s nasa nuclear rockets offworld colonies post-cold war
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Secret Space Projects
  8. Triton

    LM-B/Space Tug

    Does anyone know any details concerning the Grumman Lunar Module-B/Space Tug that was part of the Integrated Man Space Flight Program? I have found information that says its diameter was 22 feet and other information that says it was 15 feet. Did earlier concepts of the space shuttle have a...
    • Triton
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    • apollo applications program cold war lunar nasa nuclear rockets space age space race space transportation system united states
    • Replies: 54
    • Forum: Secret Space Projects
  9. Michel Van

    General Electric Mars Mission Study July 19, 1967.

    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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    • cold war deep space probes late 1960s nasa nuclear power nuclear rockets space race united states
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Secret Space Projects
  10. Orionblamblam

    Military Orions (nuclear pulse propulsion)

    Busily working away on the next issue of Aerospace Projects Review, with the main article being on the 10-meter baseline Orion designs for the USAF and NASA. Part of the article deals with some suggested military roles for the smaller sized Orions, including ground-based command and control...
    • Orionblamblam
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    • cold war nuclear nuclear rockets space race strategic air command united states united states air force
    • Replies: 53
    • Forum: Secret Space Projects
  11. Antonio

    Nuclear Powered Spacecraft

    Found this article at Flight archive. A nuclear Saturn V is illustrated http://www.flightglobal.com/PDFArchive/View/1967/1967%20-%200502.html
    • Antonio
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    • cold war cold war ii deep space probes nuclear microreactor nuclear power nuclear rockets post-cold war small nuclear reactors space race
    • Replies: 187
    • Forum: Secret Space Projects
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