Saturday, May 28, 2011
"The Atomic Bomber"
The Discovery Channel documentary series Planes That Never Flew documented the United States Air Force WS-125 program in an episode titled "The Atomic Bomber." In 1954 the United States Air Force released a weapon systems requirement, designated WS-125, for a nuclear-powered long-range bomber. A General Electric and Convair team and a Pratt & Whitney and Lockheed team competitively addressed this requirement. After spending more than 1 billion US dollars, the program was canceled on March 28, 1961. The episode contains computer-generated animations of the Convair NX2 concept.
Friday, May 27, 2011
Defiant Revision
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine production artwork by James (Jim) Martin dated November 9, 1994 depicting design revisions to U.S.S. Defiant found on an auction website. The design revision comes several months after the introduction of U.S.S. Defiant in "The Search, Part I", probably for an episode later in Season Three.
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