The Reusable Nuclear Shuttle concept was a real world concept from around 1969/70 for a nuclear powered spacecraft that could be used to ferry payloads to lunar or geosynchronous orbits. It was even contemplated that configurations of multiple such shuttles could be used to go to Mars. What makes it interesting to me is that it could be conceived as a predecessor to the DY-100 transports.

Reusable Nuclear Shuttle

Reusable Nuclear Shuttle

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I’ve recently been working on schematics of the ‘ringship’ Enterprise very briefly glimpsed in The Motion Picture

Enterprise XCV-330

Enterprise XCV-330

 

 

 

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The summer holidays are over, and I’m back for more updates! Today’s addition is a Work in Progress. I don’t always have the time or inspiration to come up with elaborate back stories to my designs, so these kinds of posts are a way of still showing them off, and perhaps generating some comments for further work on them.

So, without further chattering, here’s the Anhui-class destroyer:

Anhui class, side

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