http://www.robmacdougall.org/blog/2007/06/seven-insane-soviet-projects/ Rob MacDougall Dot Org Tue, 24 Jan 2012 16:00:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.robmacdougall.org/blog/2007/06/seven-insane-soviet-projects/#comment-564 Adam Tue, 26 Jun 2007 18:28:06 +0000 http://www.robmacdougall.org/index.php/2007/06/bigger-is-better/#comment-564 While working as a student at the Canada Centre for Remote Sensing [no longer in existence], I'd have weekly chats with my supervisor, a physicist. Once we got talking about really big bombs, and [this is probably bunk] that the reason the Soviets eased back on really big hydrogen bombs, was because they thought during some of their tests they had cracked the earth's crust. Neato! While working as a student at the Canada Centre for Remote Sensing [no longer in existence], I’d have weekly chats with my supervisor, a physicist. Once we got talking about really big bombs, and [this is probably bunk] that the reason the Soviets eased back on really big hydrogen bombs, was because they thought during some of their tests they had cracked the earth’s crust. Neato!

]]> http://www.robmacdougall.org/blog/2007/06/seven-insane-soviet-projects/#comment-563 Mark A. Rayner Thu, 14 Jun 2007 22:25:51 +0000 http://www.robmacdougall.org/index.php/2007/06/bigger-is-better/#comment-563 Yeah, I thought the World’s Largest Hydrofoil was cool rather than insane. Yeah, I thought the World’s Largest Hydrofoil was cool rather than insane.

]]> http://www.robmacdougall.org/blog/2007/06/seven-insane-soviet-projects/#comment-562 Bill Brickman Thu, 14 Jun 2007 17:32:35 +0000 http://www.robmacdougall.org/index.php/2007/06/bigger-is-better/#comment-562 Ground-effect craft should fit well into Steampunk Star Wars. Assuming you don't have to be going 240 miles per hour to have them work... Ground-effect craft should fit well into Steampunk Star Wars. Assuming you don’t have to be going 240 miles per hour to have them work…

]]> http://www.robmacdougall.org/blog/2007/06/seven-insane-soviet-projects/#comment-561 Jess Nevins Wed, 13 Jun 2007 01:29:51 +0000 http://www.robmacdougall.org/index.php/2007/06/bigger-is-better/#comment-561 I am *so* stealing those for Sekrit Projeckt Two. I am *so* stealing those for Sekrit Projeckt Two.

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