By: Stannous
The multi-stage rocket was what set Werner von Braun’s designs apart and made the entire US space program possible but I think that any wing capable of even the minimum lift required here would have...
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“…but I think that any wing capable of even the minimum lift required here would have been ripped away by the acceleration to 5,450 mph” Not necessarily. Remember, these speeds would only have been...
View ArticleBy: D. Stern
The extension of the V-2s range was an advanced idea as was Drs. Eugene and Irene Sanger with their winged orbital skip-glide bomber. This history…the A-4B, A-9 projections and Sanger’s orbital bomber,...
View ArticleBy: Simon Gunson. NZ
The nazis were not so far behind in terms of nuclear warhead development as this story suggests. In 1942 German scientist Erich Baage worked out the gaseous uranium centrifuge later called the Harteck...
View ArticleBy: Simon Gunson. NZ
In report PRO file WO.208/4178 compiled at C.S.D.I.C. Camp 11, Dornberger is quoted saying the following about the real intended warhead for the A4/V-2 rockets: “2. Dornberger claimed, on the other...
View ArticleBy: Arglebarglefarglegleep
The Amerika Bomber wasn’t the project that scared me. They had a project to allow them to tow a missile silo with a A4/V2 missile behind a submarine . Part of the reason it was not followed up on is...
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[...] Paranoia" starts early: marvel at Hitler’s plans to bomb America in [...]
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