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| Mired in the Fog of Lucidity |
So could Chuck Norris. | |||
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Official Space Nerd |
We had a B-36 bomber modified to fly a working nuclear reactor (NB-36?). It was just a test aircraft to figure out the viability of flying a reactor. It didn't use any nuclear stuff for propulsion (it used its normal engines for that), and I think they had a 6' thick lead bulkhead between the crew and the reactor. We did have a project or two that DID plan on propulsion from a nuclear reactor. It was 'dirty' as crap (if it had ever flown, that is). It would have left a trail of radiation everywhere it went (and it was projected to use a low-altitude flight profile to evade radar - and with a practically infinite fuel supply, it didn't matter that low altitude flight isn't as efficient for most aircraft as high altitude). In time of war, nobody would have cared much, but where would you base, test, and train with such a beast? It was (fortunately, VERY fortunately) abandoned as a project as unrealistic and unacceptable. Fear God and Dread Nought Admiral of the Fleet Sir Jacky Fisher | |||
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Almost as Fast as a Speeding Bullet |
I swear to God, if they ever remake Conan the Barbarian, this better be what Conan answers at the end of the movie. ______________________________________________ Aeronautics confers beauty and grandeur, combining art and science for those who devote themselves to it. . . . The aeronaut, free in space, sailing in the infinite, loses himself in the immense undulations of nature. He climbs, he rises, he soars, he reigns, he hurtles the proud vault of the azure sky. — Georges Besançon | |||
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| Just because you can, doesn't mean you should |
That was another part of the same plan. They were planning to develop the propulsion unit here at AFP 67 in Dawson Forest at this Lockheed facility. When they realized it was totally unfeasible and abandoned that plan, they decided to use the reactor to do the environmental tests to duplicate the effects of a nuke on the area and see how long it would take to recover. The Russians had thought of the idea too but soon realized it wasn't going to work. To make the US waste resources, they allegedly leaked that they were far along and would soon have a working plane powered by a reactor. We responded with this B36 based test plane. ___________________________ Avoid buying ChiCom/CCP products whenever possible. | |||
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Scientists even designed a nuclear powered locomotive. No, it didn't leave the drawing board. http://atomic-skies.blogspot.c...-peoria-by-atom.html | |||
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Fighting the good fight |
The methane gas in the Darvaza crater in Turkmenistan (which was also part of the Soviet Union) has been on fire continuously since 1971.  | |||
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goodheart |
точно! _________________________ “Remember, remember the fifth of November!" | |||
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Optimistic Cynic |
Red Adair?!?!?!?! How exactly does dancing put out a big fire? | |||
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Wait, what? |
Completely different beast. The gas fire only required choking off of a single point fuel source. The Centralia coal fire goes in too many directions within a roughly 8 mile area and is burning through solid veins. That’s a lot of area to nuke. “Remember to get vaccinated or a vaccinated person might get sick from a virus they got vaccinated against because you’re not vaccinated.” - author unknown | |||
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אַרְיֵה |
This reminds me of an old joke, that I heard way back when Red Adair was at the height of his career. Red Adair had just extinguished a large oil fire, and with a couple of guys from his crew, he stopped at a bar in town to sip a couple of cold ones and unwind. The town drunk was there, half in the bag, and kept staring at Red, whose image had been on the local TV station's news. The town drunk finally approached Red, and asked, "Don't I know you from someplace?" Red: "I don't think so, I don't believe that we have ever met." Town Drunk: "What's your name?" Red: "I'm Red Adair." Town Drunk thinks hard for a minute, then the light bulb turns on and he replies, "Red Adair! That's who you are! Are you still schtupping Ginger Rogers?" הרחפת שלי מלאה בצלופחים | |||
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| Just because you can, doesn't mean you should |
Project Plowshare. Peaceful uses for nukes was the idea of someone in the government. https://slate.com/technology/2...redirect-rivers.html ___________________________ Avoid buying ChiCom/CCP products whenever possible. | |||
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Shaman |
I've been here a few times, its just down the road from me.  He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. | |||
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| Non-Miscreant |
While Y'all are laughing, the Ruskies seem to have invented a nuclear powered hyper velocity rocket that somehow uses nuclear energy. I know, relying on our news media for facts is worse than risky. But it seems the latest radiation scare was caused by the reported rocket failing and them needing to recover it or parts to lessen the long term radiation. I would also assume the Chinese use the same theory on their reported system. Unhappy ammo seeker | |||
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| Just because you can, doesn't mean you should |
I've just looked at the pictures on the internet. Never been on the site to look around. I'm in the next county north. This is a great example of government in the 50's, when they could do stuff like this without any question. ___________________________ Avoid buying ChiCom/CCP products whenever possible. | |||
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teacher of history |
There is a good video on you tube and a Russian explanation. | |||
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Step by step walk the thousand mile road |
We did a similar thing with Project Gasbuggy. But there was a catch...
So the massive gumption requirement is negated by the tiny amount of tritium involved. Nice is overrated "It's every freedom-loving individual's duty to lie to the government." Airsoftguy, June 29, 2018 | |||
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