Category: history

Martin-Marietta HML Ad

June 24, 2024

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Art, history, Monthly Historical Documents Program, Nukes, Patreon, projects, rockets, Weapons

I did my best to stitch together this two-page magazine ad. Dating from 1986, it shows missile programs then underway at Martin-Marietta; front […]
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A-4 rocket diagram

June 7, 2024

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Art, Awesomeness, history, Monthly Historical Documents Program, Patreon, rockets, Weapons

Via the University of Alabama, Huntsville archive, a 1942 cutaway diagram of the German A-4 (“V-2”) ballistic rocket. I’ve uploaded the full […]
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Gyrojet in high speed/high rez

April 10, 2024

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Awesomeness, history, rockets, Weapons, youtube

For all the documentaries and such about the 1960’s Gyrojet “rocket gun,” this is the first time I’ve seen rounds fired with this […]
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Bell-Boeing LHX Tiltrotor art

April 7, 2024

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Aircraft, Art, history, projects

Artwork circa 1983 depicting a one-man combat tiltrotor tearing up a column of Soviet armor. At this time the Light Helicopter – eXperimental […]
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Coming to ebay: ships, phasers, books

March 26, 2024

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Art, Awesomeness, Books, eBay, history, Models, Nukes, Weapons

Hansen’s “US Nuclear Weapons: The Secret History” is particularly nice. Contact with ridiculously generous bribes if you’re prefer not to wait: […]
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Starship launch 3 videos

March 17, 2024

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Awesomeness, history, rockets, spacecraft, youtube

Giggity: And… Said it before: this is some sci-fi stuff right here. From one perspective, this was another failure. The booster […]
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“Midgetman” article

March 5, 2024

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APR, history, Monthly Historical Documents Program, Nukes, rockets, Weapons

I’ve just uploaded a 1986 article on the “Midgetman” road-mobile Small ICBM developed but not deployed by the US at the end of […]
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First Lunar Outpost artwork

February 20, 2024

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Art, Awesomeness, history, Monthly Historical Documents Program, Patreon, projects, rockets, spacecraft

In 1992 NASA had a flurry of PR about the “First Lunar Outpost” concept which would see the US return to the moon […]
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Orion Space Battleship

January 22, 2024

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APR, Awesomeness, blather, CAD Diagrams, history, Hmm…, Nuclear Pulse Propulsion, Nukes, projects, rockets, spacecraft, Weapons

With all the little publications I’ve written and illustrated, and all the years of blogging ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT political opinions and the like, it […]
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B-1A concept art

December 2, 2023

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Aircraft, Art, history, Monthly Historical Documents Program, Patreon, projects

Black and white concept art, Rockwell illustration from the early 70’s represents the almost-final B-1A configuration, from back when being very supersonic was […]
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