Doctor: "So you saw a plane flying without a propeller?....and who was flying it?" Witness: ....the pilot. Too fuzzy to tell 😁

@3RAN7ON

Жыл бұрын

It was bigfoot

@arandomcommenter412

Жыл бұрын

I forgor

@kevinmcqueenie7420

Жыл бұрын

Bigfoot IS fuzzy!

@danieltemelkovski9828

Жыл бұрын

"You're telling me you were abducted by humanoids with bug eyes...in a plane bigger than a 747 but shaped like a saucer...who flew you to outer space? You can hear yourself, right?"

@Mahlak_Mriuani_Anatman

Жыл бұрын

​@@danieltemelkovski9828 😅

That gorilla costume idea was genius! It wouldn't work now because it's public knowledge, but at the time it was absolutely brilliant.

@JadeDragon407

Жыл бұрын

And having the site psychologist in on it, man... people had to been losing it. They wonder why we don't trust the gov, pfffffffffffffffff

@vale_recca

Жыл бұрын

Nowadays Pilots dressed up as little green man.

@LazyIndieGamer

Жыл бұрын

They just say UFO these days

@40watt_club

9 ай бұрын

Replace the gorilla with Donald T. and it might work again

@1112viggo

8 ай бұрын

I don´t think most actually doubted what they saw, but i certainly understand why no one would insist upon it being real when questioned by a psychologist at work.

6:39 THE NUCLEAR ROCKET FROM KSP. As someone who has played ksp for a long time, im really hyped for this engine. I cant remember the last time i went interplanetary in ksp without a nuclear engine. Nuclear engines make interplanetary so much easier.

@intothevortex

8 ай бұрын

What happen to.the FUSION reactor engine

@ASlickNamedPimpback

7 ай бұрын

@@intothevortex thatll take us a century to get, shit aint cheap or easy

@WildmanTrading

6 ай бұрын

​@@ASlickNamedPimpbackOkay that's a similar time between the Wright flyer and F-22

@WildmanTrading

6 ай бұрын

I'm pretty sure the "NERV" engine used a rocket engine mixed with a nuclear thermal generator. I'm not confident in this though.

@ASlickNamedPimpback

6 ай бұрын

@@WildmanTrading NERVA but yeah, and they did it in the 60's and it was all nuclear thermal

The nerva project had a 100% tested working engine, using this concept. That was more than 40 years ago so with modern updates. There's two ways the engine can produce thrust. Either cleanly with no radiation leakage or leaving a wake of fallout. Also without any oxygen on board for fuel the design is very stable in comparison. They should have been flying many years ago.

Isn’t weird to think there could’ve been an alternate reality where NERVA worked out and there are people on Mars already

@anydaynow01

Жыл бұрын

That was a really good season, with a crazy twist as to who got to Mars first!

@jessepollard7132

Жыл бұрын

NERVA/KIWI did work. all the way to doing flight configuration tests. But it was all thrown away. and international treaties signed that forbid the use of NTR in space.

@michaelpettersson4919

Жыл бұрын

​@@jessepollard7132 And space is FULL of natural nuclear reactors everywhere lightening up the place so radiation is hardly a problem with an engine as long as you avoid using a nuclear engine in the atmosphere.

@squirlmy

Жыл бұрын

@@jessepollard7132 "Worked out" is an English language idiom which means something different to "worked". Actually it has two other separate definitions if you include it's meaning as exercise. I don't know if it's an "Americanism", but I'm not sure how you wouldn't be familiar if English id your native language. I think your upvoters are just not looking closely at the OP's phrase. I guess your correction "worked out", even if it doesn't quite work! ;)

@robonator2945

Жыл бұрын

buh buh, nucwear scawy! :'(

I love the gorilla suit story. For years, I've told that one to everyone who will listen. Never knew his name, so thank you. Also, a new launch vehicle? SLS would be perfect for this.

@Nobe_Oddy

Жыл бұрын

I never heard it before but it is AMAZING!! (kinda cruel, but still AMAZING!!! lol)

@slcpunk2740

Жыл бұрын

You must have been SO MUCH FUN at parties.

@GuinessOriginal

Жыл бұрын

Aliens

@bryfunkenstein

Жыл бұрын

I don't know why it could launch on a starship booster. That thing should be able to launch anything and should be operational by that time line.

@lazarus2691

Жыл бұрын

​@@bryfunkenstein Not to mention far cheaper than SLS, but perhaps more importantly it's more likely to actually be available. SLS boosters are all reserved for Artemis out at least as far as 2030, with proposals to extend that to 2035.

12:02 - love the way Joe went from quoting the projected Specific Impulse range of an Orion-type spacecraft to pointing at a launch of the Space Shuttle and a deadpan "four hundred and fifty."

The fact that NERVA was so close is likely how they expect to get the new one out so quickly. But as you say, time will tell.

@Flavio010295

10 ай бұрын

You have a very good point. Maybe they have it working already, just needs to update to project and materials

NERVA was shut down for political reasons, otherwise it was basically ready for space when the program ended...IDK if the DRACO timescale is really feasible, but chances are high most of the engineering hurtles were completed with NERVA. In fact I wouldn't be surprised if the DARCO engine is almost a direct copy of NERVA as the design was well proven. So 4 years for a working prototype may not be impossible.

@bradleyhoward9638

Жыл бұрын

At any rate I'm sure all that work is a massive contribution. It would be awesome for this to finally become a reality especially for anyone that worked on it is still around to see that come to fruition.

@donscheid97

Жыл бұрын

You have a point. I think the most time consuming part will be testing the more advanced modern materials we now have to decide what to make the parts from. They might want to kidnap some of SpaceX's engineers for this.

@CativaBR

Жыл бұрын

@@donscheid97 Seeing as they are teaming up with DARPA on this one, I think its more likely that SpaceX would try to nab some of their engineers instead.

@roguedravidan2746

Жыл бұрын

I consider any attempt to transport humans to Mars using current rocket tech a criminal waste of money and effort. Use the absolute rocket tech to reach Moon if you want to but using it to reach should be a strict NO NO. Instead, all our efforts and money should be put into creating new/useful rocket tech like Nuclear engines or Ion engines. If you cannot reach Mars within 40-45 days, then it should not be done.

@JoeyVol

Жыл бұрын

I believe that further development into AI technologies will allow us to develop other advanced technologies in a 10th the time, or less, than it takes us today (or yesterday, hard to tell).

Mars in 45 days deserves a moment of silence to echo. Holy fuck that is an incredibly powerful thought to sit with. The kind of thing only Carl Sagan can put into words.

@zonnytiger2371

Жыл бұрын

even if that guy's idea doesnt work out the 100 days from the upcoming engine is still crazy

@johntr1x912

Жыл бұрын

My mind can't comprehend that number

@How23497

Жыл бұрын

Covering 55 million kilometres in 45 days is insane to even think about

@michaeldunne338

Жыл бұрын

@@zonnytiger2371 Yes, 100 days to Mars starts making the concept of interplanetary flight look feasible.

@milosstojanovic4623

Жыл бұрын

@@michaeldunne338 its already feasible but not doable because amount of fuel needed is too much. When they make "compact" fusion for rockets then it gonna be considered. That pulse or other type of nuclear propelled rockets are already considered, and they did the math, but its amount of fuel thats the main problem, and if they push the rocket to very high speeds, stopping them is also a problem.

Hey Joe, just a note on specific impulse. It's not a time, it just simplifies to seconds when you cancel all the units. It's a measure of how much impulse (momentum) the rocket's fluid delivers per unit mass.

@oeliamoya9796

Жыл бұрын

Yeah but it helps laymen understand a rocket's comparative performance. The ol' apples to apples while not getting into how some rockets are optimized for sea level or in a vacuum and to use a rocket outside of it's optimal altitude will drastically affect the rocket's designed specific impulse. (Which is why rocket's destined for space but launched from sea level have 2-3 stages)

It might be ambitious, but as long as they're willing to move the timeline for the sake of safety then it keeps them working hard on it I think.

"Okay, so you're telling me that you saw a luminous tic tac shaped object that didn't have a propeller or jet intakes or exhausts hovering around and then moving very quickly away from your Super hornet fighter jet ... You can hear yourself right now, yes?"

@gameknight.thump1

Жыл бұрын

XD yeah...

@TheRotnflesh

Жыл бұрын

Funny enough, that's what modern AF pilots are seeing: tic-tac shaped white/silver objects moving at hypersonic speeds.

@vanleeuwenhoek

Жыл бұрын

Joe's video on these 'phenomena' does a convincing job covering it up as lighting/lensing artifacts.

@Archangels1

Жыл бұрын

He was playing Pong on his “ heads up” display, drunk at 4 g’s.

@Archangels1

Жыл бұрын

@@TheRotnflesh why don’t they see Certs or Pez shaped object?

The 'Clone' episode will probably always be my favorite. I still wonder if Joe's clones are still in his basement, or even if this is real Joe or some evolved clone of himself.

@williamchamberlain2263

Жыл бұрын

Ah, the clones. Probably all grown up now

@WilliamRWarrenJr

Жыл бұрын

Hey, be sensitive to their feelings! *CLONES ARE PEOPLE TWO!*

@mtrps_

Жыл бұрын

wheezy waiter tings

@lindaseel9986

Жыл бұрын

This is a clone. Remember, a clone reads from the script,? That's why he had trouble pronouncing the program and fuel names. 😂

@ponyote

Жыл бұрын

Send in the clones!

Got to hear DARPA, NASA, Lockheed and Rolls Royce talk about this at the annual Space Symposium today. Super cool concept and the fact that it can shave MONTHS off the flight profile to Mars is insane.

@Gecmajster123456

11 ай бұрын

your nasa could not even come up with Re-useable Rockets / now Nuclear rocket? ! suuuuuurely

@java4653

11 ай бұрын

"Insane". LOL. This isn't even a full thought, just "Wow!" over the bizarre fantasy that Mars will be colonized. The MuskCult is so stupid.

@java4653

11 ай бұрын

​@@Gecmajster123456NASA developed that tech as a proof of concept in the 90's, sweetie. Holy moly the MuskCult is so pathetic & hostile to anything true or real.

@SuperCatacata

10 ай бұрын

​@@Gecmajster123456You bots are going to be running out of excuses when it actually happens. This is inevitable tech of the future.

Love the depth you go to, to present an all-encompassing, detailed and accurate video. Your research (or researcher/s) is on point and could teach some 'news' agencies a LOT, but most of all your delivery is great, solid science with amusing anecdotes and side-tracks that add to the whole. I watch enthralled, thank you ..

So nuclear pulsed propulsion is basically like rocket jumping in video games 🚀💥

@m0zzar353

Жыл бұрын

ya but to sad this isnt nuclear pulse propulsion

@MrJugNut

Жыл бұрын

No, no, no they use a special kind of cheese in the rocket, you know that haleu cheese the stuff you toast in a frying pan? So you know it's perfect for spacecraft plus as a bonus they get free snacks on their journey through the stars. It's a Win, win right? 👍

@matthewcalifana488

Жыл бұрын

@@MrJugNut I am all for it my only problem is cheese & eggs sticking 2 the frying pan , Hmm maybe More grease .😮🧀

@juri_xiii9977

Жыл бұрын

@@MrJugNut Tofu..?

@thorin1045

Жыл бұрын

well, that is just pulsed explosion propulsion. the smaller cousin of the npp. and that is actually tested and worked, in small scale.

“…That kids, is how you acronym” 😂😂😂☠️

I wasn't sure about the new setup/backdrop initially. Not sure why. But I'm converted after watching this. It looks amazing. Spacious, but mellow. Adds depths to the video. Anyway. Thanks for all you do, Joe

This is one of your best videos, Joe! Loved the new setting! Much amor from Brazil!

Awesomely done documentary as always btw, keep it up.

FWIW: The first time I ever read about _Project Orion_ was in the book *THE LOST WORLDS OF 2OO1* by Arthur C Clark. That book detailed how the novel version of *2OO1: A SPACE ODYSSEY* came about, and included some information about the movie. Clarke wanted the _USS Discovery_ to be an Orion-type vehicle, but for various reasons the idea was abandoned for the movie.

Awesome vid. I always come to you for my space travel updates 😁

Awesome video Joe!!! Thanks for all the cool info.

I really do love your channel. A huge thank you to you, and all of your crew. I have a small request. When you reference previous videos, could you please drop a link, in the description? Again, thanks for what you do.

This is so interesting. I love learning about stuff like this. Thanks for doing everything that you do.

This is such a great video and topic. I am curious about how the craft would slow down to enter orbit upon arrival. Joe could you please do a video that addresses some of those issues on trajectory, in-flight issues, slow-down etc.?

First off, I gotta say that I love your channel. Awesome stuff. On the topic of space travel, I'm kinda stumped why I've never heard anyone suggest designing a magnetosphere for the ship. I know that it was an impossibility in the past but with the technology emerging today I think it is possible.

Hi Joe! Super cool idea to do this contest of sketches. I like it and it made me watch 2 videos I have not seen before. Way to go!

One other point - the shuttle's ISP was more like 360 at sea level - the engines were most efficient in vacuum, so where the engine is used makes a big difference.

In 2009 for my capstone project in my Aerospace Engineering bachelor's program we used a Nuclear Thermal Engine in our mission design. They braught a guy in from NASA to evaluate our presentations. When we made our presentation the NASA guy literally laughed in our faces at the suggestion of using a nuclear rocket. After all of these years I am finally vindicated.

It's been a while since I watch your content. Huge improvement with the audio. Nice❤

Are you at all disappointed they didnt go for Modern Iteration Nuclear Engine for Rocket Vehicle Applications?

@sirnikkel6746

Жыл бұрын

Ah, yes, the nuke goddess

@Destroyer_V0

Жыл бұрын

Yes, Minerva not being used is sadness. FAAAr better acronym.

@TheJrr71

Жыл бұрын

"That's... how you acronym."

@biazacha

Жыл бұрын

Yeah but if that was the case we couldn’t make “my father will hear about this” memes and that would be a huge loss.

@Aengus42

Жыл бұрын

MINERVA To Whit: To Woosh! 🦉

The video quality and production value gains are awesome. New set looks great!

Have you heard of the simi valley nuclear disaster in 1959? The Santa Susana Field Lab was a nuclear testing site for America’s space exploration programs from 1948 until 2006. In July 1959, it suffered a partial nuclear meltdown. They were testing a plane powered by nuclear rockets.

I love your shows Joe. I watch them all.

The new setup is excellent. Almost like it was always that way. Nice job, Joe!!

Anyone else impressed that this dude could fly an experimental jet airplane wearing that bulky suit?

@noahpollard9713

Жыл бұрын

Someone explain to me how this comment is 11 hours old but, the video is only 17 minutes old.

@OldManShoutsAtClouds

Жыл бұрын

​@@noahpollard9713 I'm guessing channel members get videos earlier

@Alucard-gt1zf

Жыл бұрын

@@noahpollard9713 patreon members can watch videos before they are released to the public

@TheMordano

Жыл бұрын

​@@noahpollard9713 Joe is always announcing this feature in the end of each video. If you are a channel member, you get early access to the videos besides other benefits :)

@alexbuckle1085

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely, imagine how hot he must have been.

Ur videos genuinely make me happy, and i know after 10 years , when i will see your videos again...i will say "good old days"

I love that you can still see the classic bookshelf when you turn to the tangent cam. :) Makes me feel like your new setup is just an extension of your old office.

Thank you Joe this was really interesting and just what I needed to brighten up my last day off before going back to work! !

Loving the new set and upgraded camera allowing the jump cuts!

NERVA _was_ built - on my model rocket stand circa 1973. It came out as a kit, which I bought, assembled and proudly placed next to my Saturn V, Lunar Module and Command/Service Modules in my bedroom. The NERVA came with the crewed interplanetary Pilgrim Observer vehicle (presumably named by the model company) which had rotating extensions that created artificial gravity (only 1/10th G) and oxygen from a hydroponic garden. Yeah, I still recall all those specifics. Some kids knew by heart the dimensions of each Kiss member’s guitars, others knew their model rockets.

Love your videos Joe! By the way, there is some background hiss, might need to check your setup :)

Love the fact that we get to witness stuff like this

@bl4643

Жыл бұрын

Amazing time to be alive

@jmelande4937

Жыл бұрын

The current level of space age progress pales in comparison to the 50’s, 60’s, and early 70’s, but it’s nice to get back on track.

@shottfout3348

Жыл бұрын

@jmelande not sure we're getting back on track, personally i think it's just now being made public, and one thing I've started to notice is that whatever is public pales in comparison to what is not.

@jmelande4937

Жыл бұрын

@@shottfout3348 I’m not so sure. Most of the developments and advancements in technology, transportation, computers, and space travel have their roots in the 50’s-70’s. Many have progressively improved over time, but many have remained stagnant since the 80’s

@mrbaab5932

Жыл бұрын

​@@shottfout3348 Nasa is public. The Defense Department is classified.

Finally the KSP dreams are coming true!

@aperson9950

Жыл бұрын

Man this engine has 100 more isp than the nuclear engine in ksp which has 800 isp so its better than the ksp one (also i just realized the ksp one is called nerv.. nerva... huh...)

Great video man! Thanks,

That was great JS . thank you.

"Dude....I just saw Donkey Kong....and he's a pilot."

@andrewjustice210

Жыл бұрын

Actually, I think diddy kong is the one that flies the plane

@bradleyhoward9638

Жыл бұрын

​@@andrewjustice210 if you want to race in a turboprop sure but Funky Kong is the OG piloting Kong. He always got all the Kongs safely from one area to the next all over the (Donkey Kong) country.

Great video! Would it be possible to adjust the intensity of the back-lit faux brick to more closely match the intensity of the desk back-lighting? I feel that the desk is perfect on my screen. The faux brick is intense. Love the new setup! Thought I'd offer some notes with it being so fresh 👍

Dude nice! Keep up the video info on DARPA - we need to know every step of the way what they are going to do. In many ways, it's something new, so the more brains the better. Keep the world informed Joe! It is exciting; one of the get into gear with the tv months. Landing a human on Mars just got real!

First time I've ever seen a Joe Scott vid in its infancy; 4 mins ago. Always excited for new Joe Scott vids! Edit: I've heard some stuff about nuclear powered rockets a lot recently, would be really cool if we got to see advancement in this area!

@derrekvanee4567

Жыл бұрын

Good edit! Close kall komrad.

@professor1262

Жыл бұрын

@@derrekvanee4567 🤨

Good episode, informative and not too many weird jokes, thanks.

@LaurieAnnCurry

Жыл бұрын

Pshaw man! There is no such thing as Joe telling to many weird jokes.

i really like your new setup!

Hey Joe, I think the best acronym is for Autosomal Dominant Compelling Helio-Ophthalmic Outburst (ACHOO) syndrome. You definitely need to do a video on this.

I’d be curious if NASA will try incorporate rotating detention into NERVA.

@zapfanzapfan

Жыл бұрын

Nothings is burning in NERVA.

@slcpunk2740

Жыл бұрын

How's the splash battle going?

@brianbeswick

Жыл бұрын

@@slcpunk2740 a lot like rotating detentions. Lol

@slcpunk2740

Жыл бұрын

@@brianbeswick good sport 🤣

In the gorilla suit story, why were the base psychologists more trusted than the base pilots? Isn't a pilot a pretty trusted military position? Seems easier to just have the pilots in on it too.

@insomniapetals4424

Жыл бұрын

From someone who spent entirely too much time around them, pilots gossip... Like, heavy gossip. They might not intend it, but their families hear it while they're standing around with a cocktail and gossiping... I'm not saying none can be trusted, I'm just saying... What's the saying? Two people can keep a secret if both of them are dead. It's not untrue.

@luceafarul5740

Жыл бұрын

​@@insomniapetals4424 I'd also add that there were probably a lot of pilots but only a few psychologists

@unclerojelio6320

Жыл бұрын

Compartmentalization

@alalalala57

Жыл бұрын

There's fewer psychologists than pilots on the base, probably. Less people to look out for.

@russellharrell2747

Жыл бұрын

All I can say is I Dream of Jeanie.

Hey Joe! Love the new set. I do however feel like your camera is a bit out of focus and saturation is a bit low. It gets drastically better after 13:44, but a new problem is introduced instead - the smudged Vaseline look of an AI upscaler. I guess you are still setting things up :)

Pure Genius, Joe. Your contest i mean. Pure Genius!

I had an extra chuckle when you paused, i thought aloud 'thats brilliant' and then you said 'its a brilliant piece of psychology really'. Was a brilliant piece of psychology, really.

The new studio looks sick! 🤘 Thanks for being awesome!

The energy of your Chanel is waning.

Would you do a segment on MHD propulsion please? I know its considered theoretical but it is a fascinating topic.

Being familiar with the NERVA program I met NASA's announcement with a hearty, "Well DUH!' I've been waiting for them to dust that off. As for ambitious timeline if they were starting from scratch I'd be more skeptical. They have a good base to work from, and with modern computer modelling and manufacturing it might be less hopelessly optimistic than we think. It all comes down to funding; I think if they can throw enough money at it they might be able to do it.

I love the new studio set up, looks sharp! Content is sharp too, always such interesting topics. Keep up the great work!

Great Job, Joe....

Dude, since they're used so often in your content, your channel is the reason that I've melded the word 'acronym' into my vocabalarry. Thanks for making me more smarter!

@raidermaxx2324

Жыл бұрын

haha what did you think the literation for NASA, NATO or SCUBA or NAVY SEAL was called? You never learned these are all acronyms?

@eamonia

Жыл бұрын

@@raidermaxx2324 What? I couldn't make any sense of what you just said. I know what all of those mean and could someone decipher your "sentence" regardless of the lack of punctuation and interesting choice of capitalization but, what?

Good to hear they are finally building it rather than all the talk for decades of silence on the original build. Gotta see this work - 45 days would be nice too.

@jmen4ever257

Жыл бұрын

It's a huge game changer. Aside from the radiation exposure for 8 months, and the damage done to the human body due to being weightless, it's 8 months stuck with the same people. Being With some people, even one week, would be six days to long.

Great video once again Joe. Thanks! Have you ever looked into the viability of a vertical electric launch assist like the ones used on aircraft carriers, but for the rocket? The first 100m must be the most fuel costly part of the trip. But, using a catapult like system, this could be more efficiently delivered from the much-larger system.

@menso541

Жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/hJ11rqOLfZTeppM.html

@dizzyizzie6354

Жыл бұрын

Ive always been obsessed with this, since I was introduced to rocket & space craft thru military aviation / weapons (navy & USAF). The concept of cat-obar systems. As wright flyer an others where launched like that, an high altitude to gain speed / energy. The tech for electrical energy systems has never been in the same sweet spot chemical propellants. Super conductors are probably the limiting factor now. (Besides fusion or fission So what if we used this on towers or silos? What would we gain? VLS on subs (compared to surface ships) have neumatic / hydraulic assistance to gain critical inertial energy to be fired under water. The thing with navy cat-obar systems is that you have limited distance and can withstand high g launch. A space craft (shuttle for exampe was like 3g iirc) With a rocket/SC you need to handle the conditions usually increasing mass, ... An on an on. So staging makes sense. The concept of rail launched vehicles are no longer theoretically (impossible). We can use basic neumatic / electromagnetic systems to launch. ( But from the moon or low gravity/ atmosphere/or in vacuum) I think boring tunnels or sub sea tracks but the biggest issue I've been working at is. How to gain an advantage for rn cost an complexity don't support real invitation. Is getting a track long enough (horizontal) to slowing gain velocity, (not to much as SC are not designed for low supersonic flight. You would hit max q probably before lift of (if you have to pivot vertically ) Star ship is probly the best vehicles to try as the launcher / tower has catobar Esq methodology. An stronger / resilient chassis. I would not see why assistance in any sorts would be used . Hopefully we can see 747 b-1 / c-5 Galaxy/ B-52 b-21 with a rail launched vehicles of sorts. If you luck up Terran space academy he has plenty of videos going over this concept in detail an many others related to this an much much much more !

@mikedodger7898

Жыл бұрын

@Dizzy Izzie thank you for a long and reasonable response. You touched on a few options that seem reasonable, such as the boring tunnel. Also, even though the power conversion may not be as effective as chemical, can you address the many other mitigating benefits? Less chemical reactions should (I'm guessing here) is more environmentally friendly and more sustainable. Also, with a long acceleration distance (some mining tunnels are quite deep, such as the Kola Superdeep Borehole that is just over 40,000 feet deep, or over 12 km) so with an acceleration of 3g to achieve escape velocity on Earth (11.2 km/s) it would take 26 seconds to travel 10km. I probably have many things seeing with this evaluation, but this seems reasonable.

One of the reasons starship excites me so much is that to eclipse it engineers will have to realize some of these shelved or classified technologies.

Cheers Joe 🇬🇧

I just wanna say I was having a really bad start to my morning and a long 20 hour drive back to Texas and your videos especially this one really brightened up my day. Thank you so much for the years of content you've been producing!

@Mangaka-ml6xo

Жыл бұрын

Have a safe trip on the long roads!

@brownerjerry174

Жыл бұрын

why not just fly wherever you are going instead of driving for so long hours potentially endangering other's lives because of your fatigue? American mindset🤦

@conordavis1264

Жыл бұрын

@@brownerjerry174 financially cost effective. The flight is at least 5X more expensive. And is a little bit more environmentally friendly since the trip to the destination away from Texas included my kids.

@Mangaka-ml6xo

Жыл бұрын

@@brownerjerry174 I'd guess it's not the same costs, Conor Davis might also take some joy from the long drive. If it's not too rude for me to ask, where are you from ? Feels like you might be somewhere in Europe.

@adrielburned6924

Жыл бұрын

Never bad going back to Texas. Just go around the woke cities.

I wonder if pulsed nuclear energy can be directed, like a nuclear claymore

@aq_ua

Жыл бұрын

Basically the Orion drive

@korganoc

Жыл бұрын

you will need massive EM containment fields perhaps bigger than the ones used to contain plasma in fusion research

@jtyranus

Жыл бұрын

Think there was actually research done on nuclear shaped charges.

@hubertino855

Жыл бұрын

You are thinking about Casaba-Howitzer project.

@custos3249

Жыл бұрын

With enough lead, anything can be directed

you got a subscriber from me buddy loved the episode.

Sorry, love the show and new set- 6:20 did you just do a Hitchcock zoom pull? Pull zoom? What the heck they call it? Dolly out while zooming in or vice versa. (can they do that in camera now?)

12:08 Nuclear *Fusion* might/might not be close for power generation on Earth but, it's got to *always be closer* to propulsion, no? Surely containing a fusion reaction efficiently and carefully extracting energy out of it *and* getting more net out is *harder* than "simply" setting of the same reaction and throwing particles out one direction for propulsion, right? If I had to guess, we will get The Expanse-style propulsion sooner than commercial/economical fusion power (but I'm not doubting commercial fusion power - I'm saying propulsion could be even closer)

I remember seeing a drawing of a space rocket once that had a guy turning a hand crank which picked up a stick of tnt, lit the fuse, opened a trap door and threw it out, the explosion would propel the craft a few feet before the mechanism threw another sick out of the trap door, and so on

@sir_dragonfly7287

Жыл бұрын

Remove the explosion and you've basically got an ion drive

@JoshuaTootell

Жыл бұрын

I believe that was made by Acme.

@gilesleonard6876

Жыл бұрын

I honestly think it was a picture from the 1910's-1930's...... I need to look through my late dads book collection

Love you videos and the comedy in between!! 😂👏🏻🤔😂👏🏻🤔

I actually own a piece of the jet mentioned at the beginning of this video, part of the left side of the fabric on the vertical stabilizer. Love me the P-59A!

Joe, the old background music is being missed. Please add it to your videos again.

I wonder if this will proceed as quickly as the whole SLS project did.

@michaelmurphy6195

Жыл бұрын

Love the sarcasm!

@half_real

Жыл бұрын

Slow, Less Speed

@RS-ls7mm

Жыл бұрын

So slow it will never happen. There is a zero chance that the greens will allow that much nuclear material to be launched. Maybe if China launches it, they don't give a fart what the people think or care about any consequences.

@trespire

Жыл бұрын

That would depend on Congress. Got to grease their palms for anything to get done.

@gman4906

Жыл бұрын

Well they did beat starship in getting to space first

Exciting stuff.. I hope NASA/Darpha can pull this off we have been needing a complete new updated propulsion system like decades ago.

Joe, the Nuclear Therma rocket isn't that new. The NERVA-K program goes back into 1957, but yes they are looking at a new generation.

Rotating detonation engines also interest me a lot. Seems like a lot of major breakthroughs for space travel are on the horizon

@mitseraffej5812

Жыл бұрын

SpaceX recently demonstrated a rotating, then detonating rocket ship.

@JoeyVol

Жыл бұрын

Just imagine how rapid our technological growth will be after AI has had time to develop. AI is set to explode this year and it will be exponential growth year after year.

Love your new look!!!

I believe my corvette has nuclear pulse propulsion since I have the NPP option, sounds great too.

I would be highly impressed if the base psychologists kept a straight face while handling the patients complaints of seeing a gorilla in a jet

A generation of some of our most talented engineers, scientists and machinists dedicated their careers on NERVA (my dad and his co-workers included). They built, tested it, gave it their blood sweat and tears for years. It was canceled for non-technical reasons, purely political at the very end. It was heartbreaking for those involved. I was told there is at least one NERVA engine boxed up at Hanford in working order where it was sent after the program was canceled.

@jmen4ever257

Жыл бұрын

I knew that a manned mission to Mars around 1975 got the ax, but Americas lead in the space race was squandered as well. This has put us 75-100 years behind what could have been.

@emilaviles6703

Жыл бұрын

Rocket running by fuel, it's engine, nuclear space craft it's engine, is ordinary speed of outer space, qualified outer travel is speed of light, like UFO it's machine, no fuel ,no oil no engine, no nuclear, no combustion light, anything no,,,, that's advance technology,

@ultragoldcoin8780

Жыл бұрын

@@jmen4ever257 there's a reason why certain technology is held back, the government doesn't want a fast evolution of technology in such a short time because it will benefit the public too much. It was canceled for the public sector and private but military took over the project and most likely employ in top secret aircraft

@somnathroy102

Жыл бұрын

There should be documents lying around what and how they did something right ?. If so then won't will they able build it up to the point where they left before ?

@positiveoutlook17

Жыл бұрын

@@somnathroy102 i don't know, everything at the time was very secretive. Most had backgrounds in naval reactors and similar. Employees on programs like Nerva would have not taken anything with them. It's all probably in some Indiana Jones style warehouse.

I would recommend reading To Inhabit the Solar System: using Water in Space by Anthony Zuppero. Also, have a think about rockets that use dissolved fission material that goes critical in the rocket bell.

You make some valid points sir 👍😁🇺🇸

Having literally just finished binging all of For All Mankind, I love seeing mention of Pathfinder in this episode. And you know the Russians stopped developing their nuclear engine because Margo stopped feeding them specs in our timeline 😂

@MRAMAR94

Жыл бұрын

haha, I agree, that woman is unable to find love without becoming a traitor :P

You actually used ‘gaslighting’ correctly! Most people don’t, so good on you!

@rlrfproductions

Жыл бұрын

No he didn't (joke)

@KungFuWizardOfJesus

Жыл бұрын

@@rlrfproductions haha 😐

@Usrthsbcufeh

Жыл бұрын

@@rlrfproductions lol

@kendalldarveaux

Жыл бұрын

@@rlrfproductions Not gonna lie, you got me.

@irighterotica

Жыл бұрын

Too true.

Love the new setup! ❤

i would have loved seeing you talk about nuclear fission fragment rocket engines too!

I saw a gorilla in a top hat piloting a nuclear-powered rocket engine and no one believes me!

Could humans even survive half the speed of light travel with project Daedalus?

@NavarroRefugee

Жыл бұрын

Humans can survive any speed as long as the acceleration is mild enough. Most plans for rockets that get close to the speed of light call for running the engines for months or even years to slowly build up to that speed at 1g acceleration or less.

@TheKingofHearts777

Жыл бұрын

@@NavarroRefugee I forgot that it's rapid acceleration that kills and not the actual speed.

@allangibson8494

Жыл бұрын

@@TheKingofHearts777 As a lot of people put it “it’s not the fall that kills - it’s the sudden stop at the end”.

@bradleyhoward9638

Жыл бұрын

​@@TheKingofHearts777 oh no so hyperdrive will never happen nooo.

Freeman Dyson would be proud! He was one of leading scientists who worked on Project ORION. You could find his interviews on youtube. He really hadn't lost his brilliance even in his 70s through 90s (when the interviews recorded), and recently died at 97 years old in 2020.

I like your sense of humour i am subscribing

Joe, you are a beacon of light on a dark night, at sea. Thanks for this.

@GG-kf8ox

Жыл бұрын

Happy sailing ⛵️ , Be safe ! From ireland 🇮🇪 .

Komrad and kerbals when I eat too much pyrogy and borscht with taking for me plutonium 238 rations *I am a nuclear engine* da! Toot toot! Is potsto.