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  1. Re:The lure of the airbreather by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Second Hypersonic X43 Scramjet Ready for Testing

    If you're interested in "HAVE *" names, see this list.

    I like the name "HAVE DOUGHNUT" but my all time favorite project code name is "SENIOR TREND".

  2. Re:Ever heard of the AVRO Car? by evil_one · · Score: 2 · on Russians Invade with Flying Saucer

    That's great. It's on the second page and doesn't have any info on avro. Just because you read the article (as I did, thanks) doesn't mean the rest of the people will.

    More links:
    http://www.ufx.org/avro/avro.htm
    http://www.avroland.ca/al-vz9.html

  3. Re:Darmstadtium? Ewwww by Trurl's+Machine · · Score: 1 · on Chemical Element 110 To Be Named

    I'd call that an important use of it, to be honest.

    I stand corrected. Actually, in the meantime I have googled that the Poles can also be proud of the practical applications of "their" element.

    Damn. Google first, post later. When will I learn?

  4. Cheap Transistor Radios by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Orbital Space Plane Problems


    And then.

    There *is* a Japanese shuttle (taxi-style) project.

    It *is* much neater and more compact than the
    Sanger - Tsieh (or Tsieh - Shuttle behemoth.

    The electronics, specially, seem much more economical.

    Port Arthur, Tsushima.

    History.

  5. Re:more info by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on DARPA Looking into Hypersonic Bombers

    This idea seems familiar somehow...

    http://www.ufx.org/german/antiplofer.html

    http://worldatwar.net/chandelle/v1/v1n1/ww2space.h tm

  6. Re:Umm, don't we already have that? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on DARPA Looking into Hypersonic Bombers

    Actually, as per usual, the Germans beat us to this idea during WWII:

    http://www.ufx.org/german/antiplofer.html

    http://worldatwar.net/chandelle/v1/v1n1/ww2space.h tm

  7. Re:Functioning airborne nuclear reactors by Animats · · Score: 2 · on USAF Readies Laser of Death
    An airborne nuclear reactor was flown on a B-36 in the 1950s, but wasn't worth the trouble.

    The big problem with airborne lasers is usually getting enough pulse power, not enough energy flow. Various energy storage devices have been tried, the homopolar generator being the most successful. (There's considerable hype about homopolar generators. The basic idea is that they are spun up, then all the rotational energy is extracted in a very short period. Pulse power sources in the megajoule range have been built.)