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A compendium of rocket sleds (2009-04-14)
IO9 presents The Astonishing Speed and Beauty of Rocket Sleds . The subject images are from a compilation on OObject , which provides links back to the source pages. The following photo is one of my ... [Read More]
Rocket sleds redux (2009-04-15)Phil Plait has fed my rocket sled appetite with coverage of a Mythbusters episode where they tried to find out if a head-on collision of two semis could fuse the metal together. Well, the myth was ... [Read More]
Mercury capsule on a rocket sled at China Lake (2009-10-18)(photo via China Lake Alumni, 1962 ) [Read More]
Mythbusters use a rocket sled to cut a car in half (2010-07-22)I saw this myth this evening and, sure enough, someone posted the sled run on YouTube. I embedded it below but don't know how long it will be up. It came from "Episode 131 - Myth ... [Read More]
Mythbusters rocket sled redux (2011-01-19)I was just watching a replay of Part II of the Mythbusters' Demolition Derby special episode in which they destroy cars in head-on collisions between two semi trucks, by dropping them from the sky ... [Read More]
Rocket sled of the day (2013-09-19)The following photo from Sandia Laboratories was featured in a Wired-Science post: Titanium Bullets, Rocket Sleds, and C-4: How the U.S. Tested the Safety of Nuclear Batteries . The Sandia link is ... [Read More]
Model rocket sled on a railroad track (2016-01-16)There is an interesting thread about this over on TRF. I've seen people attach model rocket engines to many things, but have never seen a model rocket sled that runs on a railroad. This is a great ... [Read More]
A rocket sled that looks like an actual sled (2016-01-23)[Read More]
The fastest MagLev rocket sled you'll ever see (2016-04-20)Well, until they launch it again. The US Air Force's 846th Test Squadron, located at Holloman AFB, beat their old speed record twice in two days last March, leaving the record at 633 MPH. The ... [Read More]
Mythbusters 'Top 25' episode is now on-line (2010-06-17)Last night, I caught the second half the Mythbusters 'Top 25' episode...and it was awesome. Full of rocket sleds, lead balloons and, naturally, lots of explosions. Via Twitter, I find ... [Read More]
Sport Rocketry, September/October 2010 (2010-08-24)As you see from the attached photo, the headliners in this issue were TARC and NSL. I especially liked the NSL reports, which included a lot of nice photos. Two that stood out were night ... [Read More]
Convair B-58 Ejection Capsule (2011-04-05)Convair B-58 Ejection Capsule , originally uploaded by james.gordon6108 . Rocket sled! [Read More]
More vintage rocket photos (2012-03-22)As harvested from the Hokey Ass Message Board . Starting with Mercedes' cool steam rocket sled booster: The 'before' shot: ... [Read More]
Feed reader stars, tweets and other interesting links (2012-03-29)The Battle of the Rockets is coming March 31st. In a sense, Valyrian steel is real (sans magic). #GameOfThrones plays off real sword science: on.msnbc.com/H0Bxyx — Alan ... [Read More]
Links roundup (2012-11-21)Rocket sleds! Rocket Sleds and Snow Gliders Develop High Speeds (Dec, 1929) , Modern Mechanix R/C Rocket Sled/Car , TRF Apogee Peak of Flight Newsletter #236 - How to build a ... [Read More]
Hump Day Found Photos (2013-06-26)First, a couple of retro futuristic cars. A clustered rocket sled at the Alamogordo Museum of Space History: If we rocketeers can accept the term JATO, I guess we can let ... [Read More]
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