Winchell Chung ⚛🚀 / is on Nostr

Star map and Atomic Rocket geek. The hard-science SF writer's tech support. The website is at
http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/

Refugee from the decline and fall of Google Plus.

In my long and misspent youth I did the artwork for various TTWG such as Ogre, WarpWar, GEV and such.

Website: https://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/

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2024-07-09 20:20:23

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Which is a pity. It was the closest thing to a Torchship that looked actually possible
https://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/enginelist2.php#nswr
https://cdn.masto.host/spaceyspace/media_attachments/files/112/758/385/515/490/464/original/0953009328052e09.jpg

2024-07-09 20:17:40

Argh. A new paper questions the effectiveness of Zubrin's infamous nuclear salt water rocket.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/381162428_Studies_on_the_Nuclear_Salt_Water_Rocket_Concept_by_Means_of_One-Dimensional_Neutronic_Modelling_with_Thermal_Hydraulic_Coupling
https://cdn.masto.host/spaceyspace/media_attachments/files/112/758/374/903/999/049/original/28fd66feaca5590c.png

2024-07-05 12:59:13

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You win.
You can see Jack Gaughan's "JG" signature in the lower left corner

2024-07-05 10:33:16

https://planehistoria.com/general-electric-htre-3-nuclear-jet-engine/

2024-07-04 17:09:00

This is my personal favorite of the many scientific visualizations meticulously crafted by @npub1afl…swac
It is a three dimensional star map of known stars within five parsecs of Sol. The cube sides are parallel to the equatorial X-Y-Z planes. A small spiral arrow points at the Galactic core.
https://bathsheba.com/crystal/starmap/
https://cdn.masto.host/spaceyspace/media_attachments/files/112/729/328/055/201/986/original/b818d495c92e1cd1.jpg

2024-07-04 15:06:20

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https://www.theverge.com/2019/8/11/20800111/us-navy-uss-john-s-mccain-crash-ntsb-report-touchscreen-mechanical-controls

2024-06-26 00:10:38

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I never said it was good 😉

2024-06-25 10:59:38

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From the story. After thousands of years of civilization, mankind's collective subconscious gets fed up and revolts. Overnight, individuals secretly become troglodites ("trogs"). The subconscious gives the trogs just enough technical knowledge so they can sabotage vital infrastructure. This has led to the collapse of civilization.

2024-06-23 18:38:51

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https://cdn.masto.host/spaceyspace/media_attachments/files/112/667/388/842/141/427/original/48cf1d9afce7baac.jpg

2024-06-23 18:38:51

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https://cdn.masto.host/spaceyspace/media_attachments/files/112/667/388/842/141/427/original/48cf1d9afce7baac.jpg

2024-06-23 11:02:32

Chinese satellite launch showers hapless Chinese town with hypergolic nitrogen tetroxide and unsymmetrical dimethylhydrazine.
Such fun getting sprayed with explosive cancer.
https://spacenews.com/china-launches-sino-french-astrophysics-satellite-debris-falls-over-populated-area/

2024-06-23 11:02:32

2024-06-21 13:42:17

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Yes, there was a lot of "inspiration" going around on scifi illustration of that period.

2024-05-06 03:12:50

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It might look like a sex toy, but the spaceship is a direct copy of a planetarium projector.
Quite a few scifi pulp artist thought they were so clever, using that tired old trick.