@wellerstein The Flying Crowbar was the craziest thing. Have been planning a novel about it for some time. Merkel's site is excellent.
Mission profile for early 1960s Project Pluto nuclear-powered cruise missile concept, dropping nukes as it goes...pic.twitter.com/YZOPOMst71
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@matthewcobb@wellerstein Indeed; interviewed Merkle few years back and he talked about his dad's involvement with this. -
@LeapingRobot@matthewcobb@wellerstein Wow. Super-efficient robotic death machine. Never catch on.
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@Joshua_Pollack@wellerstein Recently interviewed engineer who worked on Tory IIA & IIC engine testbeds for upcoming@warisboring post
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@wellerstein Nice; father of one of the people I intervued for Visioneers worked on this (Merkle)Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@wellerstein Project Pluto would be just the thing to explore gas giants like Jupiter, Saturn, etc.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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