I like it!! I spent a little time with the Los Alamos folks on a couple of occasions.
Once, I was trying to put together something. At Wright Patterson they had one piece. But they said the other piece: No way, no how, defies the laws of physics. I went down to Los Alamos and they had the other piece sitting on a shelf gathering dust. But they said the other piece: No way, no how, defies the laws of physics. I said: Do you guys ever talk to each other???
They had another bright idea that was so "unspeakable" we couldn't mention it in our analysis, except through a euphemism. It did, however, give me an idea for a solid-propellant nuclear rocket concept. (It dawned on me that all nuclear rockets under consideration were single-use systems, so why not embrace the idea?)
I had a brush with Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (which I always referred to as "Lawrence Liverwurst" just because it was clever) during industry consultations on the Brilliant Pebbles idea. (Actually, dating from the former DARPA Project Defender's BAllistic Missile Boost Intercept, BAMBI, concept.) We had Lowell Wood drop in on the discussion. Wood was supposedly Edward Teller's protege'. High security. "Airlock" entrance.
I like it!! I spent a little time with the Los Alamos folks on a couple of occasions.
Once, I was trying to put together something. At Wright Patterson they had one piece. But they said the other piece: No way, no how, defies the laws of physics. I went down to Los Alamos and they had the other piece sitting on a shelf gathering dust. But they said the other piece: No way, no how, defies the laws of physics. I said: Do you guys ever talk to each other???
They had another bright idea that was so "unspeakable" we couldn't mention it in our analysis, except through a euphemism. It did, however, give me an idea for a solid-propellant nuclear rocket concept. (It dawned on me that all nuclear rockets under consideration were single-use systems, so why not embrace the idea?)
I had a brush with Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (which I always referred to as "Lawrence Liverwurst" just because it was clever) during industry consultations on the Brilliant Pebbles idea. (Actually, dating from the former DARPA Project Defender's BAllistic Missile Boost Intercept, BAMBI, concept.) We had Lowell Wood drop in on the discussion. Wood was supposedly Edward Teller's protege'. High security. "Airlock" entrance.