To: NicknamedBob
Maybe nuclear powered? Some of the lefties are beginning to see the light. Wouldn't have to refuel for years. Maybe put a pool in for the crew.
48 posted on
07/20/2006 8:04:13 PM PDT by
Leisler
To: Leisler
"Maybe nuclear powered? ... Wouldn't have to refuel for years. Maybe put a pool in for the crew." You jest. But a nuclear powered bomber base in low earth orbit that could act as a refueling stop similar to an aircraft carrier would be a very formidable system.
Fly straight up a lá Rutan, get snagged by the electro-magnetic landing dampers, and be ready to deploy again over any trouble spot in the world in less than two hours.
In the meantime, the crew could enjoy the zero-gravity pool.
51 posted on
07/20/2006 8:16:23 PM PDT by
NicknamedBob
(Mom said to call a spade a spade. Dad taught me what to call it when you trip over it in the shed.)
To: Leisler
If I remember Stanton Friedman's presentation on his own work . . . accompanying the photos of same . . . he asserted that 30+ years or so ago--maybe 40--he was working on a nuke motor about 3-4 feet in diameter
which put out more power than Hoover Dam--successfully.
59 posted on
07/20/2006 8:57:27 PM PDT by
Quix
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