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  1. thatdronedude

    Laser Battle Station Model Kit Inspiration

    I recently bought a NIB copy of the Revell "Laser Battle Stations" model kit from 1984. There were a number of other kits released at the same time that all have connections to reports and concepts (see images) but these "laser battle stations" are a bit hard to place. They appear to be modeled...
    • thatdronedude
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    • 1980s cold war models sdi space age space race space weapons strategic defense initiative united states
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: Secret Space Projects
  2. flateric

    NASA/industry small transport aircraft technology (STAT) studies from 80s

    some GA weirdo projects from early 80s
    • flateric
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    • civil aviation cold war early 1980s general aviation nasa united states
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    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  3. Grey Havoc

    Lunar Hilton (late 1960s)

    View: https://www.reddit.com/r/RetroFuturism/comments/z8frvx/what_happened_to_hiltons_hotel_on_the_moon/ https://mascola.com/insights/lunar-hilton-luxury-hotel-advertising/ http://www.spacefuture.com/archive/hotels_in_space.shtml...
    • Grey Havoc
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    • cold war hilton hotels corporation hilton lunar mcdonnell douglas moon moonbase orbiter hilton space age space race united states
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: Secret Space Projects
  4. njiiaf

    Little Johnny Jet cartoon (1953)

    Was wondering if anyone else remembered this little Tex Avery short from their childhood.
    • njiiaf
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    • cold war early 1950s jet age popular culture united states
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    • Forum: The Bar
  5. Flyaway

    Mariner 4

    New Scott Manley video. Computers Were So Slow Scientists 'Painted' The First Close Up Image Of Mars View: https://youtu.be/nSQlM6yGh7k
    • Flyaway
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    • cold war deep space probes jet propulsion laboratory mariner r mars nasa space age space race united states venus
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Secret Space Projects
  6. Orionblamblam

    Martin EGRESS

    I'm stunned to find out that, unless several searches failed to work properly, there is no thread for the Martin "EGRESS" (EMERGENCY GLOBAL RESCUE, ESCAPE, AND SURVIVAL SYSTEM) capsule. This was a modification of the ejection capsule used on the B-58... fitted with a heat shield, de-orbit motor...
  7. Grey Havoc

    SeaBrook Harbor fire (New Orleans, United States)

    https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/news/23m-classic-yacht-fire-new-orleans :(
  8. Flyaway

    Buccaneers of the high frontier: Program 989 SIGINT satellites from the ABM hunt to the Falklands War to the space shuttle

    https://thespacereview.com/article/4479/1
    • Flyaway
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    • cold war elint falklands conflict great britain national reconnaissance office royal air force sigint signals intelligence united states united states air force
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: Secret Space Projects
  9. Grey Havoc

    Regulated Liability Network (New York Fed Digital Dollar simulation project)

    https://news.slashdot.org/story/22/11/15/1815231/banking-giants-and-new-york-fed-start-12-week-digital-dollar-pilot https://u.today/us-banking-giants-start-digital-dollar-pilot...
    • Grey Havoc
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    • 2022 digital dollar digital tokens early 21st century interesting times the federal reserve bank of new york united states
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    • Forum: The Bar
  10. RavenOne

    RIP Frank Robinson - the man, the legend behind Robinson Helicopters

    RIP Frank https://robinsonheli.com/press-releases/helicopter-pioneer-frank-robinson-passes/?fbclid=IwAR1gXT23VVaZLR6XC3yQtWiI81tx8VaQFeU5S6iPIvUdbItPQI_dEpP0W1I As it is i fly R44 and 66 …was in Cologne for European Rotors this week so here my pics below All the best
    • RavenOne
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    • aerospace ahs / vfs american helicopter society (ahs) international cold war early 21st century late 20th century post-cold war united states
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  11. X-39

    Space Engine Systems"SEXBOMB" Hypersonic Demonstrator

    LOL. Looks like this company didn't shy away from getting a bit creative with the naming scheme, because of course a drone that proudly displays a "SEXBOMB" livery traveling at hypersonic speeds while the surface temperature of its skin raises sounds sexy :D...
    • X-39
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    • 2022 canada drone early 2020s hypersonic spaceplane united kingdom united states
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: The Bar
  12. TomS

    Rolling Airframe Missile launcher concepts

    Thread for unbuilt RAM launcher concepts (aside from the standard Mk 49 and SeaRAM launchers) This morning, I reminded myself of an unusual concept to mount Rolling Airframe Missile launchers on the sides of a Mark 45 gun turret. The idea was to use the gun drives and gun fire control to point...
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    • cold war north atlantic treaty organisation post-cold war united states united states navy
    • Replies: 32
    • Forum: Secret Naval Projects
  13. Michel Van

    2022 Dallas Air Show disaster

    During Dallas Airshow happen collision between P-63 Kingcobra with B-17 Fortress Both aircraft are lost, crew dead *WARNING: GRAPHIC VIDEO, NSFW LANGUAGE* View: https://twitter.com/BNODesk/status/1591522149512073217 View: https://twitter.com/DrChrisCombs/status/1591542984364986376
  14. Grey Havoc

    Low-Earth Orbit Flight Test of an Inflatable Decelerator [LOFTID] (NASA)

    https://science.slashdot.org/story/22/11/10/1925239/nasa-launched-an-inflatable-flying-saucer-then-landed-it-in-the-ocean https://edition.cnn.com/2022/11/10/world/polar-satellite-inflatable-heat-shield-launch-scn/index.html...
    • Grey Havoc
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    • bernard kutter cold war ii deep space probes mars nasa nasa ames research center nasa langley research center nasa space technology mission directorate noaa technology demonstration missions program united states
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  15. A

    Seaplane Striking Force versus Ekranoplans

    https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-d&q=%22seaplane+striking+force%22 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rostislav_Alexeyev https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A-90_Orlyonok Seriously... Orlyonok versus Seamaster. That would be fully and entirely awesome to watch. Shame Alexeyev and his...
  16. Grey Havoc

    Alliant Techsystems RQ-6 Outrider

    ORIGINAL CAPTION: An Alliant RQ-6A Outrider at the United States Army Aviation Museum. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alliant_RQ-6_Outrider
    • Grey Havoc
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    • late 1990s post-cold war tactical uas tuav united states united states army united states marine corps united states navy unmanned air system unmanned air vehicle
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
  17. Grey Havoc

    Federal Communications Commission - Space Bureau

    https://spacewatch.global/2022/11/fcc-chairwoman-rosenworcel-announces-plan-for-a-space-bureau/ I have a feeling that this is pretty much Dead On Arrival, but we'll have to wait and see.
  18. B

    High Adaptability Surface Combatants

    Saw this in an article as I was looking for some information on the Reformers of the 1970s-1980s: "Hart and Lind have long made public their dismay with America's supercarriers, which, they argue at length, are vulnerable, too expensive to deploy in the numbers needed, and carry the wrong kind...
  19. LoveFromRussia

    Unknown illustrations of space projects by Dr. Dandridge Cole from a 1963 book

    New vintage book from my PDF collection of Dr. Dandridge Cole. Exploring the Secrets of Space: Astronautics for the Layman 1963 Prentice-Hall. This black and white book is a prologue to a colored tome Beyond Tomorrow. Above - unknown illustrations. Almost unknown illustrations - the view from...
  20. Grey Havoc

    Ford Levacar (Ground Effect Vehicle)

    https://www.curbside.tv/blog/2017/5/21/ford-levacar-mach-1 https://www.curbside.tv/blog/2018/4/22/when-cars-flew
    • Grey Havoc
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    • cold war early 1960s ford motor company ground effect machine ground effect vehicle late 1950s united states
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: The Bar
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