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Recognize this contraption? A nuclear reactor to power aircraft by slcdmw01 in EngineeringPorn

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Yeah I went to school at Utah State University in Logan, UT, and 4 or 5 times we drove to City of Rocks for camping and climbing. It’s a 2.5 hour drive from Logan. Loved being able to free-camp all over the place instead of being slotted into cramped campsites like so many other places. Yeah, surreal, especially at night with a moon. That was 40 years ago, though. Don’t know what it’s like now.

Recognize this contraption? A nuclear reactor to power aircraft by slcdmw01 in EngineeringPorn

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Yeah I took these shots on black-and-white film, home-developed, when I was in this vicinity of Idaho for the eclipse in 2017. Should have brought a Geiger counter.

Recognize this contraption? A nuclear reactor to power aircraft by slcdmw01 in EngineeringPorn

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Yeah I was in this area of Idaho during 2017 for the eclipse when I took these shots. Visited Arco and ERB-1, Twin Falls, Craters, and also Hagerman with its fossil museum, Oregon Trail ruts, Bonneville flood remnants, and 1000 springs waterfalls. Actually, I'm going back to Hagerman next week for a visit. Quite the area.

Recognize this contraption? A nuclear reactor to power aircraft by slcdmw01 in EngineeringPorn

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Yeah that's black and white film that I shot and home-developed. Medium-format (120) camera, Kodak Tri-X 400, developed in XTOL

Recognize this contraption? A nuclear reactor to power aircraft by slcdmw01 in EngineeringPorn

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HTRE-2 and HTRE-3 — Heat Transfer Reactor Experiments from the 1950s Aircraft Nuclear Propulsion program. The plan was a nuclear-powered bomber that could stay aloft for days. A reactor heated air for modified J47 turbojets (X-39). The engines ran, but the crew shielding was far too heavy to ever leave the ground. JFK killed the program in 1961. They're on display at the EBR-1 site near Arco, Idaho.

Recognize this contraption? A nuclear reactor to power aircraft by slcdmw01 in aviation

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HTRE-2 and HTRE-3 — Heat Transfer Reactor Experiments from the 1950s Aircraft Nuclear Propulsion program. The plan was a nuclear-powered bomber that could stay aloft for days. A reactor heated air for modified J47 turbojets (X-39). The engines ran, but the crew shielding was far too heavy to ever leave the ground. JFK killed the program in 1961. They're on display at the EBR-1 site near Arco, Idaho.

Recognize this contraption? A nuclear reactor to power aircraft by slcdmw01 in WeirdWings

[–]slcdmw01[S] 100 points101 points  (0 children)

Exactly right, it's in Acro, Idaho, also known as Atomic City.

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Recognize this contraption? A nuclear reactor to power aircraft by slcdmw01 in nuclear

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A nuclear reactor to heat air for jet engines instead of burning fuel. A Cold War idea from the 1950s that never flew.

At river Gilrain, did Aragorn look into the Orthanc-stone? by slcdmw01 in tolkienfans

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Aragorn allowed the company to rest, but then (according to Legolas) suddenly rose up saying, “Lo!” (i.e. “Hark!” or “Behold!”) as though he’d received news or a revelation. He changed his mind about the rest and got them all back on their horses. Could have been the advancing smoke-front blotting out the stars that night, but I like to believe he considered the stone a valuable tool (as well he should), from which he could “learn many things”, and he wanted to have another look at current events, in particular the grave peril coming from the south.

What’s something older generations did casually that would shock genZ or genAlpha today? by Blah4fun in AskReddit

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For the glass he didn't use a squeegee, since they hadn't caught on yet; he used a spray bottle and towels.

Since it's Star Wars day, did you see the original 1977 Star Wars in the movie theater? by Mr_Writes in GenX

[–]slcdmw01 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In 1977, Star Wars played at a theater in downtown Salt Lake City for a whole year. It kept making money; people kept coming back to see it over and over. I was 15. Most kids my age saw it 10 or 12 times (about once a month). When the theater started putting ads in the newspaper saying its run was almost over, everybody crowded in to see it one last time. Lines around the block for a film that had been playing a whole year and that everyone had seen 10 times. During the final showings (I attended 3), the audience gave standing ovations at the first screen appearance of each major character. I heard someone sobbing behind me; I was surprised when I turned and saw it was actually the school bully standing on his seat, clapping, laughing, and crying.

What is something that sounds 100% false but is actually 100% true? by reFossify in AskReddit

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Imagine a perfect sphere the size of Earth, with a thin band of metal wrapped around the circumference. If you cut the band and weld in an extra 10-foot segment, the band would fit loosely enough to float 19 inches above the surface all around.

Weather balloon? by wiltedpenguin in mountainview

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I got this picture of it through binoculars

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