R2K's High Power Rocketry Blog  High Power Rocketry PostsLatest Posts2012-05-26 - Project Thunderbolt - O 10,000 to M 3,700 two stage rocket Aluminum nosecone and transition - among the best options for high performance hobby rockets. Perhaps only second to steel or exotic metals like titanium for overall performance and strength at mach 3+. Similarly, aluminum fin cans find an ideal balance between heat resistance, strength, and weight. To ignite the upper stage, timers were crammed into the nozzle. Clearly it worked, but head-end... [Read More] 2012-05-25 - Just how big is the super moon? Comparison of angular diameter of the Sun, Moon and planets with the International Space Station and human visual acuity. To get a true representation of the sizes, view the image at a distance of 102.6 times the width of the largest (Moon: max.) circle. For example, if this circle is 10 cm wide on your monitor, view it from 10.26 m away. From Wiki, the source of all knowledge. [Read More] 2012-05-25 - BREN Tower Pt. 2 Well lots of readers are visiting to see the BREN tower video, over 1,500 today alone. The previous post even made the front page of Reddit for a while! (Impressive to me but nothing to those who run certain other rocketry blogs...) Not being one to skip out on a new audience, or celebrate on the rare occasion that I get more than a few readers at a time, I wanted to include some other images... [Read More] 2012-05-24 - Bren tower demolished "BREN Tower was a guyed steel framework mast, 1,527 ft (465 m) high, on the Nevada Test Site in Nevada, USA. "BREN" stands for "Bare Reactor Experiment, Nevada."[1] The structure was owned by the Department of Energy and maintained by National Security Technologies. Access to the tower area had been closed since July 2006. No reason for the closure has been given. As part of the Nevada Test... [Read More] 2012-05-23 - Build the USS Enterprise in 20 years? (The NCC-1701 one.) Not usually one to mix science and science fiction, I nevertheless think this is a cool idea and a useful mental exercise. "This website proposes something truly inspiring. It is this: We have the technological reach to build the first generation of the spaceship known as the USS Enterprise – so let’s do it. The ship can be similar in size and will have the same look as the USS Enterprise... [Read More]
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