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  Nuclear pulse propulsion - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Project Daedalus was a study conducted between 1973 and 1978 by the British Interplanetary Society (BIS) to design a plausible interstellar unmanned spacecraft that could reach a nearby star within one human lifetime (set to be 50 years).
Project Longshot was a NASA-sponsored research project carried out at the US Navy Naval Academy in the early 1990s.
Longshot was in some ways a development of the basic Daedalus concept, in that it used magnetically-funneled ICF as a rocket.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Nuclear_pulse_propulsion   (1282 words)

  
 Project Longshot - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Project Longshot is a design for an interstellar spaceship, an unmanned probe intended to fly to Alpha Centauri powered by nuclear pulse propulsion.
Initially generating 300 kilowatts, the reactor powered a number of lasers in the engine that were used to ignite inertial confinement fusion similar to that in Daedalus.
Project Longshot: An Unmanned Probe To Alpha Centauri.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Project_Longshot   (292 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Project Longshot
An artists conception of the British Interplanetary Society design for Project Daedalus Project Daedalus was a study conducted between 1973 and 1978 by the British Interplanetary Society to design a plausible interstellar unmanned spacecraft.
Project Longshot is a design for an interstellar spaceship, an unmanned probe intended to fly to Alpha Centauri powered by
US Navy 's Naval Academy and NASA, Longshot was designed to be built at the Space Station Alpha, the much larger precursor to the existing Space Station Freedom.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Project-Longshot   (764 words)

  
 Project Long Shot
During the period 24 October through 31 October 1965 you participated in Project LONG SHOT, a DOD sponsored underground nuclear detonation at Amchitka Island, Alaska.
At this time, Gary Lattin called the director of the project and advised him that if we weren't given quarters that would allow us to sleep, that we would be forced to declare inadequate crew rest.
Early the next morning, we attended extensive briefings on Project Long Shot and the procedures to be followed.
www.firebirds.org /menu2/mnu2_p2.htm   (842 words)

  
 Project Habbakuk   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Project Habbakuk was a plan by the British in World War II to construct an "unsinkable" aircraft carrier out of ice, for use against German U-boats in the mid-Atlantic, which was out of range of land-based planes.
However, it was projected to take $70 million and 8000 people working for 8 months to construct, an expenditure which the British were unwilling to make at the time on such an experimental craft.
Experiments on ice and pykrete as construction materials were carried out at Lake Louise, Alberta and a small prototype was constructed at Patricia Lake, Alberta, measuring only 60 feet by 30 feet (18 by 9 m), but Habbakuk itself was never begun.
www.kiwipedia.com /project-habbakuk.html   (335 words)

  
 Interstellar Rocketry   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Project Longshot was developed by the U.S. Navy and NASA in 1988 as a design for an unmanned probe to Alpha Centauri.
Longshot would be assembled at International Space Station Alpha, and would have a flight time of approximately 100 years.
Longshot masses 6.4 metric tonnes, which includes a 3.4 tonne allocation for a large tetraxial flyweel energy storage system.
www.scientium.com /diagon_alley/commentary/bowden_essays/startrip/starship/rockets.htm   (2797 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Nuclear propulsion
Project Pluto, which developed an unmanned cruise missile that used a nuclear powered ramjet for propulsion.
A nuclear propulsion system derives its thrust from the products of nuclear fission or fusion, and was first seriously studied by Stanislaw Ulam and Frederick de Hoffman in 1944 as a spinoff of their work on the Manhattan Project.
One way to achieve nuclear propulsion is to heat a working fluid by pumping it through a nuclear reactor, then let the fluid expand through a nozzle.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Nuclear-propulsion   (294 words)

  
 Interstellar spaceships and probes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Project status: The project was initiated in 1957 and was aborted in 1965, two years after that atomic explosions in outer space were outlawed by the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty in 1963.
Mission Description: Project Longshot was developed by the U.S. Navy and NASA in 1988 as a design for an unmanned probe to Alpha Centauri (4.3 light years, 273'000 AU) with a flight time over 100 years.
Project status: A preliminary design for a spacecraft that would use the AIM drive concept has been developed by Pennsylvania State University.
hem.bredband.net /b308008/space.html   (3907 words)

  
 Chicago Sun-Times: Longshot beats the odds for career in music   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
During that time, Longshot put all of his energy into sports, letting his natural athleticism carry him to a scholarship from Drake University, where he planned on becoming a star wide receiver.
In his sophomore year, after injuries from an auto accident ended Longshot's football career, he returned to Evanston, where he worked a series of jobs, from delivering newspapers to coaching baseball, and he attended classes at Oakton Community College and Northwestern University's School of Continuing Studies.
Longshot then moved to New York, which he calls hip-hop's Mecca.
www.zinkle.com /p/articles/mi_qn4155/is_20040618/ai_n12549715   (728 words)

  
 Comics2Film: Longshot
Back when the deal was first announced, the official press releases named only seven of what was said to be 15 properties that were part of the deal.
However Daily Variety's reporting on the project included seven additional names.
According to Variety, Longshot, Power Pack and Mort the Dead Teenager are part of the package.
www.comics2film.com /Longshot.shtml   (283 words)

  
 EEOICP Decision 27798-2003 -- 2003-6-20
The employee worked as a radiological officer for Alaska’s Department of Public Safety and he was required to visit Amchitka Island to witness Project Longshot on November 29, 1965 and the Milrow test on October 2, 1969.
The Seattle district office issued a recommended decision granting benefits because it determined that the employee was a member of the SEC (special exposure cohort) and had a covered condition.
Project Longshot on November 29, 1965, and the Milrow Test on October 2, 1969, as a representative of the State of Alaska.
www.dol.gov /esa/regs/compliance/owcp/eeoicp/Decisions/publisheddecisions/27798-2003.htm   (1766 words)

  
 Aberdene Confirms Positive New York Canyon Potential Positive Assay Highlights Released   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The Longshot Ridge deposit is currently estimated at 17.0 million tons of 0.47% copper and the Copper Queen deposit is estimated at 242 million tons of 0.56% copper.
As a result of ending in strong mineralization, the third drill hole was a vertical hole drilled on the Longshot Ridge that drilled to a depth of 940 feet.
The project is regionally located south of the old mining district of Santa Fe in the southeastern part of Mineral County, Nevada.
www.forrelease.com /D20050201/to197.P1.02012005025541.25811.html   (1109 words)

  
 Longshot Productions Home Page
Since the start of the project, the band has changed it's line-up, gaining a new drummer in Troy Peterson.
Along with their new drummer came a new direction, changing their focus to contemporary rock covers with a few originals in the mix at live performances.
The "So Strange" project is now considered to be a studio recording and should be complete, sometime in the fall of 2004.
www.longshot-productions.com   (125 words)

  
 CSA
Project Longshot, an exercise in the Advanced Design Program for Space, had as its destination Alpha Centauri, the closest star system to our own solar system.
Although Project Longshot is impossible based on existing technologies, areas that require further investigation in order to make this feat possible are identified.
Project Longshot promises exciting advances in science and technology and new information concerning the universe.
md1.csa.com /partners/viewrecord.php?requester=gs&collection=TRD&recid=N9023417AH&q=project+longshot+centauri&uid=1102756&setcookie=yes   (214 words)

  
 Shane Simmons chats with SBC
Shane Simmons is the critically-acclaimed creator of Longshot Comics and Money Talks (Slave Labour Graphics), two comic book series that have stretched the limits of what defines the modern comic art form.
By the time the project was done, I'd gone a bit loopy.
But landing an offbeat project like Longshot Comics at the second door I went knocking on is pretty good.
www.silverbulletcomicbooks.com /smallpress/9549180006719.htm   (3390 words)

  
 CD Baby: THE LONGSHOT SESSIONS: The Soul of R&B   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Theses experiences have helped to develop great relationships with certain artists and musicians over the years and through these relationships, many of which have become friendships, we elected to compile this collection of great singer/performers and musicians who we've had the good fortune of working with over the course of their careers.
Label it "calling in favors" but many of the artists and musicians on this CD are world class at what they do and were gracious in lending their talents and skills for the making of this project.
The Longshot Sessions is a collaboration of talented artists under the guidance of Dick Fowler and Keith Stewart who are no lightweights and have had performing and production experience for many years, but more on these artists in a moment.
www.cdbaby.com /cd/longshotsess   (1788 words)

  
 [ longshot media: longshot records ]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Samples of music released on Longshot Records are available on the samples page.
Released on Longshot Records in 2000, The Next Church: Next Service Next Sunday Around 11 is a community based project representing the many gifted artists and fine people of the Next Church.
Longshot Live: Songs from the Limestone City, released on Longshot Records in 1998, is a benefit album put together in 1999 in support of the Kingston General Hospital neonatal critical care unit, and features a variety of Kingston artists.
www.longshotmedia.com /longshot_records.php   (241 words)

  
 Longshot, Project
A design for an interstellar probe to Alpha Centauri developed by researchers from NASA and the United States Navy in 1988.
Longshot would be assembled at the International Space Station, and be propelled on a 100-year flight to the nearest star by a pulsed fusion engine of the type proposed in the Daedalus design.
The 6.4-ton spacecraft would carry a 300-kilowatt fusion reactor to power instruments and engine startup, and use a 250-kW laser to transmit data to Earth.
www.daviddarling.info /encyclopedia/L/Longshot.html   (181 words)

  
 Project Longshot... - Above Top Secret Conspiracy Community
It has had a big advantage in deep space operations thanks to the nuclear submarine program (heavy structure architecture and radiation shielding, powerplant, life support, computation, communication, intelligence gathering, deep fl operations experience and covert launch capability) and its contractors (General Dynamics is a major player in both submersibles and spacecraft).
The Navy was a prime player in the Moon Base projects of the 1950's, 60's and 70's (Project Lunex) and provided both logistical support and Astronauts to Apollo.
The final Project Longshot report is referenced here.
www.abovetopsecret.com /forum/thread148257/pg   (1587 words)

  
 Wendy Pepper [Archive] - Fans Of Reality TV
Wendy Pepper came to "Project Runway," Bravo's fashion reality series, with a triple threat many considered designer suicide: She was 39, a mom and a Virginian.
A one-woman operation for 20 years, Pepper said "Project Runway" has been a "seismic" experience that she's wanted to retreat from (thus, the new hair) and embrace as she moves on: The first Wendy Pepper store is set to open in Middleburg this spring.
She is very diluted, and no matter what happens on Project Runway..she'll have to carry the stigma of being a bitch for a long, long time.
www.fansofrealitytv.com /forums/archive/index.php/t-38676   (17660 words)

  
 In all engineering majors a senior design project is necessary in order to graduate
Based on the Von Karmen's Institute's Longshot Wind tunnel this senior design project focuses on redesigning the wind tunnel so that the simulated environments could be used to further improve knowledge about hypersonic flights to enable safer flights.
The telemetry from the onboard CCD camera and sensors are sent back and processed using LabVIEW and projected in front of the pilot who controls the plane using a regular yoke, rudder pedals and thrust lever.
The designs have to be within the competition guidelines but the aim of the project is to design a remote controlled single-engine plane that can carry a maximum weight.
www.lib.fit.edu /pubs/devprog/amani/seniordesign   (939 words)

  
 StockMarketNewsAlert.com Issues Trade Alert -- Aberdene Mines Limited
At Longshot Ridge, on the eastern part of the claim block, the reverse circulation rig is drilling infill holes for verification purposes.
The second hole on Longshot Ridge (05-3) was drilled to a depth of 265 feet to test the northern boundary.
Once the Copper Queen hole (05-1) is completed to depth the core rig will be moved to Longshot Ridge to drill hole (05-4) and to test mineralization at depth and also for metallurgical purposes.
www.primezone.com /newsroom/news.html?d=85907   (1333 words)

  
 Talent
His next project is a film slated for next year's Sundance Film Festival.
Future projects include I AM STAMOS with John Stamos, No Witness with Jeff Fahey and Corey Feldman, FLATLAND with Dennis Hopper and WAIT MEANS NEVER.
Marisa, a cancer survivor of more than 10 years, is currently in the beginning stages of a documentary based on her diagnosis, Rhabdomyosarcoma.
www.readyornotla.com /Bios.htm   (1033 words)

  
 In-Box
Project #24: The Vaporous Chemical Dispenser for the Standard
This project was inspired by an offhand comment made by Ranger Walter
This will be my final entry for this project.
www.mindspring.com /~allronix/galaxy_rangers/gr_fic/buzz.htm   (2447 words)

  
 Amchitka - Bibliography
Johnson, R.H., 1966, The Longshot t-phase [abs.]: Eos, v.
Lieberman, R.C., King, C.Y., and Brune, J.N., 1966, Excitation of surface waves by the nuclear underground explosion Longshot [abs.]: Eos, v.
Matumoto, T., and Boucher, G., 1966, Comparison of the initial motion of the explosion and the Aleutian earthquake of Dec. 22, 1965: Eos, v.
www.avo.alaska.edu /volcanoes/volcbib.php?volcname=Amchitka&sort=date   (890 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
A large mecha was held in a gravitic scaffold, while it's left arm lay disassembled on a bench in front of him.
"Computer projections indicate that the quantum variation is the re- sult of harmonics from a major temporal translation." a tech replied.
DC turned to her, "I've been meaning to ask you..What is that anyway?" "It's an attempt to use Burroughs comlinks multiplexed to allow remote control of fighters, ground vehicles, and android probes." she replied.
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 National Novel Writing Month - Forums - Reaching 50,000! - Longshot thread!
If your a longshot, then so am I. I kept thinking to myself that if I wrote 5k in 2 days I'd be caught up, but then realized I would still be 5k behind.
I am definitely a longshot, but I am trying like crazy to catch up & finish on time.
I'm a longshot- 8k behind but hoping to pull an all-nighter and catch up.
www.nanowrimo.org /modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=23812&forum=51   (1502 words)

  
 COMICON.com: SPOTLIGHT ON BRIAN K. VAUGHAN FROM SDCC
BKV responded that his first Marvel work was for a never finished project called Longshot/Kingpin.
The project was scrapped when it was pointed out that the two characters were a bad fit for each other.
He said that Bryan Singer's X-Men run is going to consist of a lot of original ideas, but also ideas that Singer and screenwriter Mike Dougherty had in mind for X-Men 3.
www.comicon.com /cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=36&t=004052   (1476 words)

  
 Marvel Chronology Project - Key
This is the key for the Marvel Chronology Project (MCP).
If your favorite character isn't listed--although, trust us, your favorite character would have to be pretty minor not to be listed--send us their appearances and we'll add them, but we reserve the right to readjust the chrono order.
Note that this is not the Marvel Appearances Project, and we are not attempting to list every appearance--just every quantifiable appearance (one that can be placed in a character's chronology) in every canonical story.
www.chronologyproject.com /key.htm   (604 words)

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