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Originally posted by AnthonyT:
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It's not nearly the oddist or craziest thing we considered or began to develop during the Cold War.

ETA: I see Byte already commented on that.

--Anthony


Note to Self:
Raptor - woman testifying about birth control is a slut (the term applies.)
Context: http://tinyurl.com/d6ozfej
Six - Wow, isn't Niki quite the CUNT? And, yes, I spell that in all caps....
http://tinyurl.com/bdjgbpe
Wulf - Niki is a stupid fucking bitch who should hurry up and die.
Context: http://tinyurl.com/afve3r9

“The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naive forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget.” -T. S. Szasz

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Originally posted by NewOldBrownCoat:

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Originally posted by AnthonyT:
Hello,

It's not nearly the oddist or craziest thing we considered or began to develop during the Cold War.

ETA: I see Byte already commented on that.

--Anthony


Note to Self:
Raptor - woman testifying about birth control is a slut (the term applies.)
Context: http://tinyurl.com/d6ozfej
Six - Wow, isn't Niki quite the CUNT? And, yes, I spell that in all caps....
http://tinyurl.com/bdjgbpe
Wulf - Niki is a stupid fucking bitch who should hurry up and die.
Context: http://tinyurl.com/afve3r9

“The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naive forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget.” -T. S. Szasz

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One of the funniest books I have ever read is a humorous sci-fi (alternate universe, sort of) novel called Steam Bird. It's about a nuclear powered, steam driven AIRPLANE. Funniest part, even funnier than some of the jokes, ironic scenes, and political satire, is that the author ACTUALLY WORKED on the project to design and build one in the late '50's.

That one also got shelved by cooler, wiser heads, as the known unknown risks greatly outweighed the benefits.

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Originally posted by AnthonyT:

Check out this wikipedia article on Nuclear Aircraft:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_aircraft

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Originally posted by AURaptor:

Muslims think the moon already has been split.

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Jupiter has been struck with Mt Everest sized meteors / comets, twice, just with in the past 20 years. Either one of those impacts would have ended our time on Earth, had it hit us.

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Originally posted by NewOldBrownCoat:
They frequently mention the B-36 bomber-- it was a monster, a giant, had 10 engines, 6 jet and 4 pusher ( backwards mounted ) prop. It had to be that big because nukes back then ( '50's, remember) were so big and heavy, nothing else could carry them very far airborne. Hadda have a lot of power and payload, and was designed to stay up there and fly long distances non-stop.

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The use of a nuclear engine in the airframe promised to give the missile staggering and unprecedented low-altitude range, estimated to be roughly 113,000 miles (182,000 km) (over four and a half times the equatorial circumference of the earth). The engine also acted as a secondary weapon for the missile: direct neutron radiation from the virtually unshielded reactor would sicken, injure, and/or kill living things beneath the flight path; the stream of fallout left in its wake would poison enemy territory; and its strategically selected crash site would receive intense radioactive contamination. In addition, the sonic waves given off by its passage would damage ground installations.

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One F-105F is unofficially credited with downing three MiGs—one by air-to-air missile, the second by cannon fire and the third by jettisoning the centerline rack full of bombs directly into the path of a surprised MiG.

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