The Latest Research

Posted by | Published on December 8, 2010
The Latest Research

The more immediately feasible and more directly weaponized version of Project Orion, Project Pluto

Annie Oakley and her 50 Lady Sharpshooters Thank you to Team Robo editor, researcher, and unsung hero Lee Black for that one.

Posted in history, links | 5 Comments
  • http://twitter.com/funranium Funranium Labs

    NERVA and the layout for the rest of the Saturn rocket evolution for the Saturn-N stage all tingly the first time I saw it at LLNL. Made this kid that used to demand regular picnics in the Cape Canaveral Rocket Garden very happy.

  • Tmarsh177

    Why write fiction, when real life is so fantastical?!

  • http://www.nuklearpower.com Brian!

    NERVA is sexy science.

  • http://www.nuklearpower.com Brian!

    It’s exactly why we try to ground as much of Robo’s world in our own history as possible. There are so many fascinating people doing amazing things there’s little need to make stuff up.

  • http://twitter.com/funranium Funranium Labs

    I give you rocket geekery for the proposed evolution beyond Apollo: http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/saturnv.htm

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