Category: rockets

Ballpoint Pen Bombers

April 23, 2024

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Art, Awesomeness, Drawings, Humor, Monthly Historical Documents Program, Nukes, Patreon, rockets, Science Fiction, spacecraft, Weapons

This is a little outside the usual for APR, as it is satire rather than actual aerospace design. But I thought it appropriate
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Gyrojet in high speed/high rez

April 10, 2024

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scottlowther

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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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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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scottlowther

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APR, history, Monthly Historical Documents Program, Nukes, rockets, Weapons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

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Art, Awesomeness, history, Monthly Historical Documents Program, Patreon, projects, rockets, spacecraft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

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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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Well that’s just downright embarrassing

December 4, 2023

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scottlowther

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AARRRGH, Crazy, Dumbassery, Gah, News, rockets, spacecraft, ಠ_ಠ

The Case of the Missing Vega AVUM Propellant Tanks Turns out two of the propellant tanks for the fourth stage of the final
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Starship: Take 2

November 18, 2023

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Art, Awesomeness, history, News, photography, rockets, spacecraft

The second Starship/Superheavy launched today. Vastly more successful than the first flight, but both stages were still destroyed. This sort of thing would
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Forced deflection nozzles for ICBMs

October 19, 2023

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scottlowther

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Drawings, Hmm…, Nukes, projects, rockets

There are several ways to accomplish the goal of extracting maximum performance from a solid rocket motor via the nozzle. The most common
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August 2023 Rewards

September 1, 2023

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Aircraft, Art, CAD Diagrams, Drawings, history, Monthly Historical Documents Program, New Products, Patreon, projects, rockets, spacecraft

The rewards for August, 2023, have been released. They include: Document: Report No. ZD-013, “Preliminary Detail Specification for United States Navy Class VP
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