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Tag: nuclear

  • 26-04-1986

    Vladimir put the last hose in place. He’s feeling very hot. and had to unbutton his jacket. They managed to contain most of peripheral fires, but the last one resists. It is… different. Looks different too, Glowing. His comrade shows him a strange dark block of concrete he found on the rumbles.

    – What’s this? he ask.
    – Drop it. Leonid said to set the hose here and here. Help me to…

    Viktor falls on his knees and starts vomiting.

    I’ll join the chorus: go watch HBO’s Chernobyl. Worth it.
    Pencil doodle on A6 sketchbook

    ***

    Vladimir met la dernière lance en place. Il a tellement chaud qu’il vient de déboutonner sa veste. La plupart des feux périphériques sont maitrisés, mais le dernier résiste. Il est…différent. Sa couleur aussi est différente. Viktor monte à ses cotés et lui montre un curieux bloc rectangulaire et sombre ramassé dans les débris.

    – C’est quoi ça ? demande-t-il.
    – Laisse tomber. Leonid veux déplacer les lances ici et ici. Aide-moi à…

    Viktor tombe à genoux et se met à vomir.

    Je me joins au choeur pour vous dire : Regardez Chernobyl de HBO. Ca en vaux le coup.
    Criterium sur carnet A6

  • Spaceship – Orion (takeoff)

    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
           
           

  • Spaceship – Orion

    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