beanhowitzer
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beanhowitzer
@beanhowitzer
any/all. local deerbot, orion drive enthusiast, creator of Mare Ignis. @USDSBF @blurhoads 💙

80s Air Force fever dream. How many systems can you name?


Interstellar Vehicle Chandelier is a 119400 meter vessel centered around in-situ construction and resource utilization. Relying on seven subatomic black holes for power and thrust, it is certainly much further down the tech tree than any other ship I've posted yet.




@DocStrangelove2 US Army research on future lunar combat in the 1950s considered a rifle difficult to aim on the moon and preferred the far more impressive 'claymore directional mine on a pole'. tanks-encyclopedia.com/moon-tanks-and…






In 1969, Neil Armstrong took a giant step and fluffed his lines. But while he did, something else was coming to fruition. It was the NERVA program for nuclear thermal propulsion, and it could have opened the gates of heaven. It was cancelled. "What they took from you" etc...








@mikusingularity Time to brandish this meme:


Multiple sources report a collapse of the service access platform at Site 31 in Baikonur — the only facility that can support Russian crew launches and ISS operations. More details on the failed structure: russianspaceweb.com/vostochny_soyu…









