Soaring on Titan!

On Tue, 03 Feb 2004 20:44:54 +0100, Christian Husvik
wrote:

Martin Gregorie wrote:
On Tue, 03 Feb 2004 08:39:01 +0100, Christian Husvik
wrote:


Bill Daniels wrote:


An acquaintance of mine who
is a SF fan was astonished to find that soaring really exists on Earth much
as it was portrayed in his favorite stories.

Hei! I would like to read those! Would you be able to enlighten us as
to where one could find them?


Sam Delaney wrote a story about cloud sculpting called, IIRC, "The
Cloud Sculptors of Coral 9".

Hmm, can't find him at Amazon. When googling for the phrase "Cloud
Sculpors", I found this:
http://www.paganlibrary.com/music_po..._sculptors.php

Well, I also found this:
http://www.stealthpress.com/store/authors/roger_zelazny_(editor)/index.asp
And it seems a "J. G. Ballard" wrote a called "The Cloud Sculptors of
Coral D". I'll see if I can find something at Amazon.


Sounds like that's what I (mis)remembered. The story was certainly in
an anthology but I don't have a copy I could check. I don't read JG
Ballard or buy anthologies - tried one of his novels once, decided I
didn't need to read another - and that could certainly affect my
memory of the story.

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On Tue, 3 Feb 2004 15:41:27 -0700, "Bill Daniels"
wrote:


There would likely be little objection to nuclear reactors on the Moon since
it is pretty radioactive environment anyway. (It lies only 93 million space
miles away from the unshielded core of a thermonuclear reactor, i.e. the
Sun) Nuclear rockets (Google: "Project NERVA" or "Nuclear-Electric drive")
make manned Solar System exploration much more realistic.

Nerva? Nuclear electric? Call those rockets? Google "Project Orion".
That's what I call a rocket!

I wish we had gone for the Moon base instead of the ISS.

Me too.


Mike Borgelt

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Nerva? Nuclear electric? Call those rockets? Google "Project Orion".
That's what I call a rocket!

Mike Borgelt

Project Orion was the all-time winner in the "Wylie E. Coyote" project
category. Imagine being kicked in the arse once a minute by a 5 kiloton
nuclear explosive. The engineers on this project were described as
overgrown kids putting a REALLY BIG firecracker under a tin can.

However, despite the image, the math DID work and so would the Orion
rocket. The specific impulse of the thing was impressive - at least on
paper. Nuclear-electric drive seems a lot more civilized.

Bill Daniels

Nerva? Nuclear electric? Call those rockets? Google "Project Orion".
That's what I call a rocket!

Mike Borgelt

However, despite the image, the math DID work and so would the Orion
rocket. The specific impulse of the thing was impressive - at least on
paper. Nuclear-electric drive seems a lot more civilized.

Bill Daniels

Dangit! Would you guys cut it out with this stuff and get back
to work on the turbine Sparrowhawk project PLEEAAASEEE!!!
:PPPPPPPP