Expulsive Nuclear-Electric Manned Astroliner (ENEMA)

[Michel Van]

The Source at Flickr label it as:
Expulsive Nuclear-Electric Manned Astroliner (ENEMA) launch. Convair/General Dynamic artist’s concept. (1960-1962)

https://flic.kr/p/2qGxCeJ

View: https://www.flickr.com/photos/apollo4ever/54280085188/in/photolist-2qGxCeJ


got someone more info about this ?

 

[Archibald]

Google Search

What.da.fhuck. was. Convair. thinking ?

My reaction:

https://www.getyarn.io/yarn-clip/9ab7b659-2d43-4bef-b6bd-907f9b0e8fc2

 

[publiusr]

Brings back bad memories of my alien abduction....

 

[1635yankee]

The Source at Flickr label it as:
Expulsive Nuclear-Electric Manned Astroliner (ENEMA) launch. Convair/General Dynamic artist’s concept. (1960-1962)

https://flic.kr/p/2qGxCeJ

View: https://www.flickr.com/photos/apollo4ever/54280085188/in/photolist-2qGxCeJ


got someone more info about this ?

The stupidest forced acronym ever.

 

[Dilandu]

Are you sure it wasn't someone's joke? Maybe 1st April "project"?

 

[Archibald]

Are you sure it wasn't someone's joke? Maybe 1st April "project"?

Thinking alike, that's why I posted a little bit of Monty Pythons.

 

[Yellow Palace]

Are you sure it wasn't someone's joke? Maybe 1st April "project"?

It clearly had enough budget to get artwork done and be archived. Which doesn't rule out a joke, it just means that the manager was in on it or at least found it funny.

 

[RanulfC]

Looks like one of the "Helios" type internal nuclear detonation vehicles? Wonder how and where the "electric" part comes in

Randy

 

[1635yankee]

Google Search

What.da.fhuck. was. Convair. thinking ?

My reaction:

https://www.getyarn.io/yarn-clip/9ab7b659-2d43-4bef-b6bd-907f9b0e8fc2

CHIEF ENGINEER "I think it's a great name!"

MARKETING DIRECTOR "Do you have a dictionary in your office?"

CE: "Why?"

Marketing director pulls dictionary off shelf and thumbs to the entry for "enema," pointing it out to CE.
Chief engineer reads entry
CHIEF ENGINEER "Oh."

Some people never quite learn. See

View: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/aUwDT-c1qfE

 

[Dilandu]

Hm. What about the possibility that this may be a modern fake? It won't exactly be hard to create such image.