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 R. Cox Abel

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 Trivana 1
Co-Author Charles Barren
Year 1966
Publisher Panther
ISBN N/A
 

 
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 Trivana 1 is a space jet.

The expert will howl that a space jet is contrary to the physical facts of the universe!
In fact, Space Jet Tivava 1 was designed by a man whose name is a household word in the field of aircraft design.
(R. Cox Abel, co-author in this work, was a member of the original Hawker Siddeley team that dreamed up Vertical Take-off.)
Trivana 1 works on the principle of gulping up hydrogen atoms, chewing them over and spitting them out in the shape of speed-of-light energy.  If the test of sci-fi is that the science makes sense, then this space-jet propelled story of man's first voyage to Venus written in 1966 still works.
 

 

Review

 

 This imaginative and breathless story of the Colonization of Venus is based on near-miraculous fact. It marks a milestone - or a light-year stone - in the soaring of the human spirit.
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The Space Power Facility

 

 

Credit: NASA

The Space Power Facility
When it was constructed in 1969, the Space Power Facility (SPF) was the world's largest vacuum chamber. It stands more than 122 feet high, 100 feet in diameter and provides a vacuum environment for the study of space propulsion. Originally commissioned for nuclear-electric propulsion studies, the SPF has been re-commissioned for current and future use in the ongoing research and development of space propulsion systems. The SPF is located at Plum Brook Station, part of the John H. Glenn Research Center at Lewis Field, Cleveland, Ohio.

  

NASA Image of the day archive

  

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