Jul 27
Energia Buran in the style of a minfig set
seen from Poland
seen from United States
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seen from Canada
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seen from Malaysia
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seen from Türkiye
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seen from United States
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seen from Switzerland
Energia Buran in the style of a minfig set
Minifig-style X-20 Dyna-Soar
Orion service modules and SLS upper stages
Saturn V-4X(U)
Soviet-style Orion Bomber with gigantic multi-stage hypergolic-fueled booster
Listened to this a lot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRG1UixHvos
SpaceShipTember 2025
Day 6 - Tandem A 2-stage reusable shuttle inspired by the Boeing Space Freighter. One shuttle, loaded with only fuel, acts as a flyback booster for the second.
Been messing around with retro/pulp-style rocket ideas. Started with the one on the left, but I felt like the propellant fraction was way too low, so I switched to the adapted Liberty Ship on the right.
Engines are solid-core conversion drives, which work much like solid-core antimatter rockets. A reactor of mostly tungsten turns all material inside into gamma rays, heating the tungsten, which is cooled by transferring heat to the hydrogen propellant.
More messing around with retro-style rockets, this time exploring SSTO takeoff/landing in an atmosphere. The shuttlecock effect on descent seems to rule out the classic huge tail fins, but I'm trying to go for something similar enough.