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December 21st 06, 03:31 AM
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Atomic Aircraft
Larry Dighera wrote:
Let's see, all we need is a water tank, steam boiler, turbine, some uranium 235 or plutonium 239, plenty of lead shielding, a condenser, and the will to cope with the radiation hazard in the event of a mishap. The original concept may have been slightly different: "Or: nuclear reactor... air comes rushing in the front... heated up by nuclear reaction... out the back it goes... Boom! Through the air -- it's an airplane." (p. 181 of ISBN 0-393-31604-1 ) The patent on this concept was sold to the US government for one dollar (in cookies) in the mid-1940s. Matt Roberds 
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