One more scroll, it’s fine
One more plug, I won’t mind.
There’s so much to see
I fear I’m missing out on it
/* Pencil doodle on A6 sketchbook – Porte-mine sur carnet A6 */
Allez, encore une page de plus
Allez, une connectique en sus
Il y a tellement à voir, à consommer
J’ai si peur de louper, de manquer
Another insane spaceship project from the 60s : using nuclear warhead to propel a spaceship (fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Projet_O…)
Most
of the design of this spaceship is conceived to dampen the initial
shock of the explosion of several (read: Lot of) kiloton nuclear
warheads. I don’t joke, this is a feasible project!
Well it
would have several issue, like stockpiling several thousands of nuclear
warheads, diplomatic conundrums when trying o land on a foreign planet,
insane acceleration for crew quarters and oh… Fallouts. Lots of it.
Yikes!
To be fair, as a strictly interstellar spaceship, it would
work. Some issues, like the degradation of the dampening plate or the
acceleration bursts are surprisingly easy to resolve.
Pencil doodle on A6 sketchbook
Another insane spaceship project from the 60s : using nuclear warhead to propel a spaceship (fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Projet_O…)
Most
of the design of this spaceship is conceived to dampen the initial
shock of the explosion of several (read: Lot of) kiloton nuclear
warheads. I don’t joke, this is a feasible project!
Well it
would have several issue, like stockpiling several thousands of nuclear
warheads, diplomatic conundrums when trying o land on a foreign planet,
insane acceleration for crew quarters and oh… Fallouts. Lots of it.
Yikes!
To be fair, as a strictly interstellar spaceship, it would
work. Some issues, like the degradation of the dampening plate or the
acceleration bursts are surprisingly easy to resolve.
Pencil doodle on A6 sketchbook
SLAM – Supersonic Low Altitude Missile
Today I feel like starting a small series on missiles and spaceships.
SLAM stands for Supersonic Low Altitude Missile. (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superson…)
It
is a deadly concept, feasible and quite simple. When flying at great
speeds, turbo-reactors doesn’t need to compress the air intake which is
forced through an adjustable nozzle. Also nicknamed Ramjet (cause it
rams the air into it) it can effectively sustain itself given enough
heating, starting speed and low altitude (greater air density) .
Conventional fuel wouldn’t provide enough heating in this case, thus the
nuclear reactor which can deliver quickly very high temperatures.
No
need to say such an insane aircraft can fly for a looong time,
delivering several payloads at very low altitude and very high speeds,
fly under most radars with an unpredictable trajectory while spreading
shock wave and radioactive fallouts in its trail.
The project has been studied by the dod and then abandoned; ‘cause it is a weapon designed for first strike and not dissuasion.
Pencil doodle on A6 sketchbook