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IMO, One of the greatest problems with ALL of the branches of "science" are their overwhelming propensity for "Rut Thinking". -- Example = For how many decades did everyone insist that dinosaurs must be slow, cold blooded and could only move around if half buoyed up by water? WHY? Simply because ~ someone ~ who became The Authority on the subject said THAT was the way it was. And the Sheeple went Baaaa-YES SIR!?
Dare to think Outside Of The Box and you get ostracized and stuffed into the Nutter Corner with the UFOlogy, perpetual motion, eternal battery, alternative fuels, etc, etc, etc (It's a Very Crowded Corner!) with no access to research funding because the Sheeple are sure to get you blacklisted with all of their deep pocket, checkbook wielding sugar daddies. And contrary to all of the Tekno-Geek myths and fairytales the likelihood of your Very Real groundbreaking original invention or innovation actually gaining notoriety by a wealthy patron through a GoFundMe site are pretty much just that. Myths and Fairytales. = So, ya want to eat? Ya go join the rest of the flock in The Rut. (While secretly joining the millions of other Tekno-Geeks who have sent off resumes to Musk for a crack at working at SpaceX. = Yeah, better off counting on winning the next Powerball Lotto!)
Think about this = Within THREE DECADES we went from the first Jet Planes to a man actually WALKING ON THE MOON!!! and we did it with very primitive equipment that was basically cobbled together using blackboards and slide-rules.?
So then why is it that in the decades since we have been reduced to hitching rides from the Russians just like the rest of the space programless world??? = IMO = Because we have substituted THE QUEST FOR KNOWLEDGE & HIGHER GOALS for The Quest For The Almighty Buck. --- And The Buck locks everything very firmly into The Rut. = No Profit -- No Motivation To Change -- No Progress.?
If you or I want to see better, more practical, less wasteful energy systems, . . . Then we better have a way for Big Money to make even more profits than they currently do with the junk they keep shoving off on us.
If you or I want to see an FTL so that Man can reach the stars . . . Then we better make damn sure that there are aliens on the other end with plenty of ready cash and who are even bigger suckers than we are.

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Dan G

https://www.foxnews.com/science/nasas-alien-hunter-has-gone-dark-and-scientists-arent-sure-why

We all know why

This could get Very Interesting! . . . Or we could just get buried by even more MJ-12 BS. We have been down this road before. = Gotta wait and see, I reckon.
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Dan G

This might not be an issue. There will be very little for a ship to fly though. In an Orion yes a bomb detonates in your path but the shield is still there. It is it like a land vehicle driving through a crater

LOL Ron! -- Yeah, I've also looked into various forms of "Spacesails" over the years. (Being an Old Salt, sails seem to come naturally. LOL) There are a surprising number of variations, both s-f and real world. And, of course, they come with a lot of their own tradeoffs as well. (Screw the Greenies. I ain't going to get turned into a Meatsicle for anyone! LOL)?
I didn't get to go to college. I got to go through the Navy's (HARD CORE!) Nuclear Power training program instead. (college is for wimps! LOL) So I guess that it's not very surprising that it is these Nuclear Driven "Torchships" that have intrigued me for decades. (Damn Heinlein, Piper, Drake, and all the rest! LOL) Especially for interplanetary travel. (Again, I ain't doing the Meatsicle thing. I'll wait for FTLs to get the stars! LOL) However, it seems that even when someone talks about Flip & Burns (real or s-f) they never mention having to ride the thrust wake to their destination. Some might even mention using their thrusters as a weapon (which I can surely see) but nothing regarding the effects on ship and crew. = Maybe I'm just Overthinking this????
Here is an Excellent example with plenty of s-f and(to) real world references. Especially if you are REAL HEAVY into rocketry physics (complete with slide-rules! LOL) He mentions F&Bs, even HARD F&Bs, way down toward the bottom of the page, but still, --- No Side Effects???? --- Am I missing something??? --- Would "standard" engine shielding be sufficient protection even after an F&B???
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Dan G

Since the dawn of the Atomic Age writers and scientists have been tinkering around with the idea of using nuclear reactions in some form or another to push spaceships far beyond the bounds of conventional rocket motors. Even NASA is kicking this idea around again (all while still trying to keep on the good side of the "No Nukes, Is The ONLY Good Nukes" crowd. = Good Luck with THAT! LOL)?That's all well and good by me. Even some of the very earliest and scariest ideas were still workable. . . . But (yeah. I've always got a "but".) . . . They would all work great on the Outbound Flight --- But, what happens when you've reached maximum speed at or near the halfway point and you flip the ship to begin deceleration to keep from zipping pass your target??? Wouldn't your ship then have to travel through its own radioactive thrust??? --- Yeah, I know a lot of it would be expanding away from your ship at the speed of light, but it just seems to me that there would be a heck of a lot of charged particles still present (no matter what system you employ) for your ship to have to go racing through. Far more than found in "normal" space or that your ship and crew would have to endure on the journey out. = That would seem to require a lot of additional shielding of some form or another. = I can't seem to find anything from any of those scientists or s-f writers about this. Now or from the past. = ??? Thoughts???
One idea I had was a large water "balloon" or two. --- Yeah, go ahead and laugh! --- But a shield of water or ice contained within a collapsible bag held at the rear while decelerating and at the bow while accelerating would both protect your ship from your own exhaust but also larger particles in your flight path. The water/ice could even be used as part of your fuel. And since water is fairly easy to come by in planetary systems, ~ easy ~ to replace. . . . Yeah, I know. It wouldn't look Star Wars COOL, (more like an Interplanetary/stellar Flying Dumbbell.) but it ~ could ~ work!
What Do YOU ALL Think???

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Dan G

Considering our current "News" media. = The SUN is about as reliable as any other IMO. = Agent "K" Recommended & Approved! LOL
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But I do gotta agree with this =??"How can you tell a UFO insider is telling the truth? They die unexpectedly."? --- But I would have expected something like that to have happened some seventeen years ago. = Sorta leads one to suspect that he was actually another MJ-12 Disinformation Pedler. --- OR, that he was about to release some new more damning proof??? = Conspiracies within conspiracies??? === TRUST NO ONE! ;-)?

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Dan G

Now THAT'S my idea of Atompunk!!!
I like his Gemini Saturn Probe and Dynasoar as well!!! VERY NICE! But wish that they were 1/72 scale. (not that I have much time for that nowadays, but winter is coming!) Nice to see someone else remembers some of the amazing potential programs thought up for Gemini. (my favorites!) --- Yeah, okay, ~ maybe ~ the Panel Fighter is a bit out there.(LOL) But a heavily armed BLUE GEMINI (or even one with his interplanetary upgrades) would not go remiss from that lineup! Or some of the X-15 Variants. Or ORION. Wouldn't mind seeing what the Soviets would have up there as well. . . . Yeah, I'm just NEVER satisfied. LOL
Some details on these craft would sure be nice!
So, What Is this NASC??? An Atomic Age space wargame??? --- A Google search yields nothing much of interest. = ????
(Just in case you missed the Blue Gemini)
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Dan G

The Christian science monitor is actually still one

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/7512409/us-airman-who-claimed-he-saw-top-secret-nasa-photos-of-alien-structures-on-the-moon-dies-in-horror-bike-accident/

The sun is a reputable news source? right?