I stumbled upon this while reading Edward Hujsak's 1994 The Future of U.S. Rocketry. ULLV stands for "Ultra Large Launch Vehicle"
This is a concept by the "Perigee West Company of La Jolla, California", which Edward Hujsak happened to be the president of, the company got several hundred...
cold war
department of defense
early 1990s
heavy lift vehicle
late 1980s
nasa
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post-cold war
single-stage-to-orbit
ssto
super-heavy-launch-vehic
ullv
united states
Seems to have quite an early proposed flight date of fiscal year 2026.
https://spacenews.com/darpa-moving-forward-with-development-of-nuclear-powered-spacecraft/
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nasa innovative advanced concepts program
nasa space technology mission directorate
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space station
(Shamelessly stolen from the website atomic rockets)
One notional 1959 concept for a large military Orion was the “doomsday weapon" idea. Instead of one Orion carrying a large number or weapons, able to rain down devastation on many separate targets, the idea was to equip one Orion with one...
Nuclear propulsion spacecraft "Nuklon" / "Нуклон" / "Nucleon" also known as TEM / ТЭМ ( Transport and Energy Module ) / Транспортно-Энергетический Модуль / Transportno-Energeticheskiy Modul' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TEM_(nuclear_propulsion)
The assembly process has started! :cool...
From here: http://up-ship.com/blog/?p=8110
Showing the radiation levels around a NERVA. Note that the magnitudes (ten-to-the-holycrap power) are shown as faint large background numerals.
In this months Spaceflight, there is an article on Starships of the Future (mostly Daedalus and Icarus) that mentions a suggestion by G H Stein published in Analog, October 1973 called "A Program for Star Flight".
'A full program of exploration was proposed which would utilise a fleet of no...
ASPEN BACKGROUND
In the 1950s and 1960s, many potential uses of nuclear power were explored, such as NTRs. An NTR uses a nuclear reactor to heat a working fluid, such as hydrogen, and exhaust this fluid in a nozzle for thrust. Many studies of this technology were conducted, and prototypes were...
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early 1960s
los alamos scientific laboratory
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ramjet
single-stage-to-orbit
space race
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ssto
turbojet
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united states air force
USAF interplanetary spacecraft concept model using Space Power Unit Reactor (SPUR) found on EBay.
http://cgi.ebay.com/Spacecraft-Concept-Contractor-Desk-Model-NASA-USAF_W0QQitemZ110459822900QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item19b7eb2334
Description from EBay:
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Space transfer concepts and analysis for exploration missions. Implementation plan and element description document. Volume 1: Major trades. Book 1: Draft final
Abstract:
http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19930013159_1993013159.pdf
Space transfer concepts and analysis for...
Does anyone know any details concerning the Grumman Lunar Module-B/Space Tug that was part of the Integrated Man Space Flight Program? I have found information that says its diameter was 22 feet and other information that says it was 15 feet. Did earlier concepts of the space shuttle have a...
I am looking for information on Project Orion/Daedalus[British name for roughly the same thing]
this was an early nuclear powered spacecraft that used focused nuclear explosions for thrust.
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british interplanetary society
cold war
deep space probes
general atomics
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nasa
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united states air force
better know as
Mission Engineering Study of Electrically Propelled Manned Planetary Vehicles
GE began the study for MSFC in July 1966.
they proposed to uses both nuclear-thermal and nuclear-electric propulsion.
Nuclear ionengine give mission flexibility also for unfavorable opportunities
and...
cold war
deep space probes
general electric
late 1960s
marshall space flight center
nasa
nasa marshall space flight center
nuclear power
nuclearrockets
space race
united states
title says all.
It seems that Tony Buttler did it again!
Along the mythical Avro 732 "supersonic Vulcan" he mention a Vulcan with a Diamant rocket under wing. (I've seen a pic, but I won't post it here)
More info on the context and specs of this project ?
I've checked Diamant A/B/BP-4 at...
cold war
eldo
european launcher development organisation
european space agency
france
great britain
nuclear power
nuclearrockets
space race
west germany
western europe
sounds insane, more like cheap "Sci-Fi" TV Movies of Germans Networks
but like History shows, some one proposed that To NASA !
Cislunar Application of the Space Shuttle Orbiter
Project V1086, J. E. Blahnik; undated (post-July 1971)
attachment to memorandum from Director, Science and...
Busily working away on the next issue of Aerospace Projects Review, with the main article being on the 10-meter baseline Orion designs for the USAF and NASA. Part of the article deals with some suggested military roles for the smaller sized Orions, including ground-based command and control...
Hi,
the Douglas Astro was delta-wing vehicle and spacecraft,it was
combined aircraft and rocketry concepts.
http://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/1963/1963%20-%201667.pdf
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douglas aircraft company
douglas aircraft company missile & space division
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missiles and space systems division (douglas)
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