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Nope... it was abandoned and later the whole area was taken over for another purpose... what was it?Liquid oxygen
Kiwi was the engine, I believe. A test engine that was flightless. The whole project was Rover. But it is the use of the tower and the training area after the NASA guys left that is the question.I thought that was Project Rover? https://www.energy.gov/sites/prod/files/2014/03/f8/NNSS Rocket 2013.pdf
Nope.I would guess the towers were part of the ET programs to find life out there
That’s New Mexico...The test areas all became White Sands missle range and Donna Anna training area right?
Yes... good digging Barney! But what do they DO on that tower... sirhrThat site is now known as the Nevada National Security Site https://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/20140008805.pdf
The stand tested nuclear powered rockets. A program later killed as they settled on chemical rockets. But after the program ended, there was no rocket testing there.The big tower makes me think it was used as a stand for testing rocket engines in rockets as they launched.
Oops, guess I need to pay attention go back to geography classThat’s New Mexico...
I can’t find it. But it relates to how bores are measured ie lands vs grooves measured. Some cartridges like the 44 mag are actually 0.429/0.430 because they evolved from a cartridge with a rebated bullet... "
According to Wikipedia:Ever wondered why a Lt. General outranks a Major General?
Flare of some sort?10 gauge, paper, primed, 6" long. Used during WW2 through Viet Nam. What is it used for?
That is a WWII-era AN MK-4 Bomb Signal/spotting charge.10 gauge, paper, primed, 6" long. Used during WW2 through Viet Nam. What is it used for?
Starting radial engines10 gauge, paper, primed, 6" long. Used during WW2 through Viet Nam. What is it used for?
On the subject of having to kill you...
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This is JFK at the Nevada Test Site inspecting the tower that was used to test nuclear rocket engines in the 1960’s — project Kiwi. The project was later shut down.
What was the tower behind him subsequently used for?
Sirhr
Nope, although the people there were asking the same question!dosimetry studies
Did he run the gauntlet under the dining tables?Barney, you saw a model of it there.
Well, this one is a stumper and since there is nothing, nada about it on the Interwebs, we’ll have to pass, Alex!
So here is one: What very nasty thing did Hyman Rickover’ s fellow Midshipmen do to him and one other student at Annapolis?
Sirhr
Yes, you are correct, same length. I have one of those also.And the ones they use now (Navy) are full aluminum bodies and about 5ish inches long.
Nope, this was something they did to his Senior Year Yearbook...Did he run the gauntlet under the dining tables?
My dad (USNA 1950) told me about having to do that as a plebe, except he took butter with him and took care of upper classmens' shoes.
Is that the BREN Tower, or a different structure?Nope, although the people there were asking the same question!
I would say something about shooting holes in the theory, but that may give it away. Perforations indeed!Nope, this was something they did to his Senior Year Yearbook...
Sirhr
Nope.Is that the BREN Tower, or a different structure?
Aw crap, do I have to sign another "I'll forget everything I never knew" document?Nope.
And I am withdrawing that question... it's still classified.
So go check out the Hyman Rickover question and forget I asked.
Cheers,
Sirhr
Ah well I found a partial answer for Rickover (or, rather, for his classmate), but no specifics as yet...Nope.
And I am withdrawing that question... it's still classified.
So go check out the Hyman Rickover question and forget I asked.
Cheers,
Sirhr
No... I worked with a guy who was one of the last officers who he personally interviewed. He was officer on a special ops boat... and his stories of his interview are hilarious. Also his classmates.Aw crap, do I have to sign another "I'll forget everything I never knew" document?
Have you ever seen Rickover's Entrance exam for potential Navy Nuclear officer's. It used to be CONFIDENTIAL-NOFORN as part of NRTBs (Naval Reactor Technical Bulletins).
No.Ah well I found a partial answer for Rickover (or, rather, for his classmate), but no specifics as yet...
(But I've figured out what they used the tower for. That's where they REALLY fired the shot that killed Kennedy, isn't it? With a super-secret early-'60s ultra death ray!)
No... I worked with a guy who was one of the last officers who he personally interviewed. He was officer on a special ops boat... and his stories of his interview are hilarious. Also his classmates.
But the event I am referring to is that his classmates had his page put in the yearbook with perforations. There were two Jewish graduates from the USNA in Rickover's class. Both had their pages perforated so their classmates could tear them out easily.
Rickover is one of my heroes. The underdog... the nerd. Abused 8 ways from Sunday. Who becomes the toughest kid in the class and changes the world. I like people like that.
Cheers,
Sirhr
Naval Reactors Aptitude Test
Instructions: Read each question carefully. Answer all questions. Time limit 4 hours. Begin immediately. Work in numerical order. Equipment remaining from question #1 may prove useful in questions #3 and #6.
1. Medicine. You have been provided with a razor blade, a piece of gauze, and a bottle of scotch. Remove your appendix. Do not suture until your work has been inspected. You have 15 minutes.
2. History. Describe the history of the papacy from its origins to the present day. Concentrate especially but not exclusively on its social, political, economic, religious, and philosophical impact on Europe, Asia, America, and Africa. Be brief, concise, and specific.
3. Public Speaking. Two thousand drug-crazed aborigines are storming the classroom. Calm them. You may use any ancient language except Latin and Greek.
4. Biology. Create life. Estimate the difference in subsequent human culture if this form of life had been created 500 million years earlier. Pay special attention to its probable effect on the English Parliamentary System.
5. Music. Write a piano concerto. Orchestrate and perform it with flute and drum. You will find a piano under your seat.
6. Engineering. The disassembled parts of a high power rifle have been placed in a box on your desk. You will also find an instruction manual printed in Swahili. In 10 minutes a hungry Bengal tiger will be admitted to the room. Take whatever action you feel is appropriate. Be prepared to justify your decision.
7. Sociology. What sociological problems might accompany the end of the world? Construct and experiment to test your theory.
8. Management Science. Define management. Define science. How do they relate? Create a generalized algorithm to optimize all managerial decisions. Assuming a Cray X-MP supercomputer supporting 50 terminals, each terminal to activate your algorithm, design the communications interface and all necessary control problems.
9. Psychology. Based on your knowledge of their works, evaluate the emotional stability, degree of adjustment, and repressed frustration of each: Alexander of Aphrodisias, Ramses II, Gregory of Nicea, and Hammurabi. Support your evaluation with quotations from each man’s work. It is not necessary to translate.
10. Economics. Develop a realistic plan for refinancing the national debt. Trace the possible effects of your plan on these areas: Cubism, The Donatist Controversy, and the wave theory of light.
11. Epistemology. Take a position for or against truth. Prove the validity of your position.
12. Classical Physics. Explain the nature of matter. Include in your answer an evaluation of the impact of the development of mathematics on science.
13. Modern Physics. Produce element 119. Determine its half-life.
14. Energy Resources. Construct a working fusion reactor.
15. Philosophy. Sketch the development of human thought. Estimate its significance. Compare this with the development of any other kind of thought.
16. General Knowledge. Describe in detail, briefly.
17. Extra Credit. Define the universe. Give three examples.
Naval Reactors Aptitude Test
Instructions: Read each question carefully. Answer all questions. Time limit 4 hours. Begin immediately. Work in numerical order. Equipment remaining from question #1 may prove useful in questions #3 and #6.
1. Medicine. You have been provided with a razor blade, a piece of gauze, and a bottle of scotch. Remove your appendix. Do not suture until your work has been inspected. You have 15 minutes.
2. History. Describe the history of the papacy from its origins to the present day. Concentrate especially but not exclusively on its social, political, economic, religious, and philosophical impact on Europe, Asia, America, and Africa. Be brief, concise, and specific.
3. Public Speaking. Two thousand drug-crazed aborigines are storming the classroom. Calm them. You may use any ancient language except Latin and Greek.
4. Biology. Create life. Estimate the difference in subsequent human culture if this form of life had been created 500 million years earlier. Pay special attention to its probable effect on the English Parliamentary System.
5. Music. Write a piano concerto. Orchestrate and perform it with flute and drum. You will find a piano under your seat.
6. Engineering. The disassembled parts of a high power rifle have been placed in a box on your desk. You will also find an instruction manual printed in Swahili. In 10 minutes a hungry Bengal tiger will be admitted to the room. Take whatever action you feel is appropriate. Be prepared to justify your decision.
7. Sociology. What sociological problems might accompany the end of the world? Construct and experiment to test your theory.
8. Management Science. Define management. Define science. How do they relate? Create a generalized algorithm to optimize all managerial decisions. Assuming a Cray X-MP supercomputer supporting 50 terminals, each terminal to activate your algorithm, design the communications interface and all necessary control problems.
9. Psychology. Based on your knowledge of their works, evaluate the emotional stability, degree of adjustment, and repressed frustration of each: Alexander of Aphrodisias, Ramses II, Gregory of Nicea, and Hammurabi. Support your evaluation with quotations from each man’s work. It is not necessary to translate.
10. Economics. Develop a realistic plan for refinancing the national debt. Trace the possible effects of your plan on these areas: Cubism, The Donatist Controversy, and the wave theory of light.
11. Epistemology. Take a position for or against truth. Prove the validity of your position.
12. Classical Physics. Explain the nature of matter. Include in your answer an evaluation of the impact of the development of mathematics on science.
13. Modern Physics. Produce element 119. Determine its half-life.
14. Energy Resources. Construct a working fusion reactor.
15. Philosophy. Sketch the development of human thought. Estimate its significance. Compare this with the development of any other kind of thought.
16. General Knowledge. Describe in detail, briefly.
17. Extra Credit. Define the universe. Give three examples.