It just shows how much more efficient Propellant Depots are for getting beyond LEO. By using Depot's you are building infrastructure to continue exploration instead of just visiting. Unfortunately I suspect that we are going to sink $30 Billion into SLS and only then will people realize how...
I am a little confused. From what I understand France, UK and the US were still limited by the 2nd London Naval Treaty until September 1st 1939. Even if Japan and Italy refused the sign the treaty was still in force. Is this not correct?
It isn't really high-G maneuvers that is the issue for a large plane like the B-36. It is the stress of take offs at or near maximum take-off weight, intense vibrations from the 6 Wasp-Major engines and a lightly built airframe to minimize weight and maximize altitude and range.
The SAC...
Even if you disagree with Stuart Slades politics or his writing's. He lays out fairly detailed history of what a B-36 development program would look if it was prioritized from the beginning and what the time frames would look like if the UK made peace with Germany in the middle of 1940. The...
Because of the current discussions on the B-36 I was doing some additional reading on the B-36 (http://www.amazon.com/Convair-B-36-Comprehensive-Americas-Schiffer/dp/0764305301/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1434121397&sr=8-1&keywords=B-36 ) and I focused my reading on the Oral history from the...
B-36
I was doing some researching on the B-36. I do agree that with a increase in priority we could see a B-36 prototype flying by 1945 with production models entering service by 1946 at least. You cannot compare peace time development time frames of the B-36 to what would have occurred in a...
Ditto you.
How are you defining a wartime economy versus increase in military spending? With the surrender of the UK in the middle of 1940 the US is going to start shifting and mobilizing and that is going to see a increase in military spending than we would see historically. Is Defense...
I disagree, with a surrender of Britain the US is clearly facing a clear danger from Nazi Germany and it will shift to wartime economy to start the build-up. Your statement of need a declared war for a wartime economy is a red herring and is not relevant. If Japan, Soviet Union and the US are...
Properly trained I don't see it as a issue. Loran stations started coming online historically by the end of 1942 historically to help navigation across the Atlantic.
With Britain leaving the war sometime in 1940 this means the US switches sooner to a full wartime economy. This means by 1940 more equipment is available, just not capital ships. So more aircraft, destroyers, tanks everything is more off. You can probably pull the numbers for US production...
If no war with Japan this leaves the primary focus of the US navy the Atlantic and Germany has no hope of winning the Battle of Atlantic. The Atlantic becomes essentially a US lake that can be used by US carries to strike against Nazi held Europe. The US can also move any material it wants to...
Apollo-8 entered lunar orbit. A free return trajectory around the Moon is not the same thing as dropping into Lunar Orbit and then getting back out to come home.
You might very well has this scenario. Apollo-7 launches on schedule as a test of the CSM in Earth Orbit using a Saturn-1B...