This is a short one, but don’t worry we’ll have a 2-hour chonker for you in two weeks. (And maybe something sooner?) Bryant has some updates on nuclear-powered vehicles, and a theory about the “Gizzverse.” Plus some apologies, pet peeves, Lyme disease, and a health tonic that makes your jaw fall off. Notes/Links/Sources:
Lockheed CL-1201 (giant flying aircraft carrier/tow tractor)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_CL-1201 https://youtu.be/d7KgjObskvM Seaplane version: https://youtu.be/eH65AL7JQvE
Northrop nuclear flying wing: https://fantastic-plastic.com/NorthropNuclear-PoweredFlyingWingCataloguePage.htm
Submersible Nuclear Ramjet https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/meet-submersible-nuclear-ramjet-part-nuclear-bomber-part-submarine-and-moving-mach-4-37692 https://youtu.be/CDLOXv3yN3A
Radioactive tonic water that makes your jaw fall off: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radithor
The Nuclear Salt Water Rocket - Possibly the Craziest Rocket Engine Ever Imagined.
Nuclear powered Planes, Trains and Automobiles:
Short documentary on nuclear rocket engines (from the early ‘70s I think): https://youtu.be/Zm7PNlK5Aco
Polygondwanaland: https://kinggizzardandthelizardwizard.com/polygondwanaland Missile Gap: https://subterraneanpress.com/magazine/spring_2007/fiction_missile_gap_by_charles_stross
