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1971 The Very High Speed Transit System. By: Robert M. Salter Description of a very high speed transit (VHST) system operating in its own rarefied atmosphere in evacuated tubes in underground tunnels. Most cases considered took less time to go coast-to-coast (e.g., 21 min) than it takes an aircraft to climb to an efficient operating altitude. VHST's tubecraft ride on, and are driven by, electromagnetic (EM) waves. In accelerating, it employs the energy of the surrounding EM field; in decelerating, it returns most of this energy to the system. Tunnel systems would be shared by oil, water, and gas pipelines; channels for laser and microwave waveguides; electric power lines including superconducting ones; and freight systems. Environmental and economic benefits are substantial, and the technology for building and operating the system exists. 17 pp. RAND
Document No: P-4874 Year: 1972 Pages: 17
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1978 Trans-planetary subway systems: a burgeoning capability By: Robert M. Salter Describes a subway concept called "Planetran" comprising electromagnetically supported and propelled cars traveling in underground evacuated tubes, able to cross the United States in one hour. It is designed to interface with local transit systems, and the tunnel complex also contains utility transmission and auxiliary freight-carrying systems. Tunnels represent a major problem area and most of the cost. They will be placed several hundred feet underground in solid rock formations. It will require advanced tunnel-boring machines, such as hypersonic projectile spallation, laser beam devices, and the "Subterrene" heated tungsten probe that melts through igneous rocks. Planetran is rated as a system high in conservation of energy. For every car being accelerated, there is one decelerating in an adjoining tube. The decelerating cars return energy to the system. The tubes have a reduced atmosphere, making drag losses much smaller than for aircraft. Coast-to-coast energy costs are expected to be less than $1.00 per passenger. RAND
Corporation Document No: P-6092 Year: 1978 Pages: 35
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LA Times Article Proposes 10,000 MPH Tube-Shuttle Network? by John Rhodes .
Imagine taking a trip from LA to San Francisco in 21 minutes! While it might sound too incredible to be true, in 1972 scientists publicly stated that it could be built and it should be built. The following is a quoted article that appeared in the Los Angeles Times newspaper on June 11, 1972. It is an interview with the RAND Corporation's lead physicist, Dr. Robert M. Salter about the benefit of constructing an underground Very High Speed Transit (VHST) system across the United States. It describes the economical and environmental benefits of subterranean transportation and states that traveling at such amazing speeds can be achieved using conventional (1972) technologies. Think About It: Our government's planning for Continuity Of Government (COG) includes underground bunker facilities located across the United States. It only stands to reason that the planners would have also considered how their supply lines could be protected from airborne attack. Someone involved in the planning, after reading the following article, would have realized that an underground VHST tube shuttle system would be perfect for protecting the distribution of vital personnel and supplies under an American Battlefield landscape without risk or interference. If military strategists knew such a remarkable system could be built, not building it and leaving our national transportation infrastructure above ground, vulnerable to damage by military attack or natural disasters, would be neglecting national security objectives. It's been over thirty-five years since this concept was first made public. I believe it is time for the Shadow Government to turn over the main lines to the surface population. If rumors are true, the Black Ops could begin using their hidden, "backup" tube shuttle systems full time instead. (Blue Highlights by John Rhodes
Red Highlights by Pegasus)
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This secret train system has been around and worked on for quite some time. BTW - Great movie script about it - LIE TZAR. I'm from West Virginia and all through my life growing up there were rumors about a secret base for government under the Greenbriar in White Sulphur Springs. Well, it turned out to be true. But how do you think the government were going to get there? On he secret rail of course. Originally posted by Mac Harper ATS POST ID 4162081 The thing is already built. There's more to go but it works. It may not be as fast as 14,000mph but has been worked on for years. It is geared to sort of replace the airline industry. Private flying and cargo will be just about all that's in the sky. The rest of us will be riding the tube DEEP below. Originally posted by zorgon ATS POST ID 9562385 Hmmm "the tube"... you in the NAVY by any chance? Ah.. but then you only logged in to make 2 comments on this thread... curious that ;) |
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Rand Corporation Documents Supported Creation of a 14.000 MPH U.S. Tube Shuttle Network by John Rhodes Excerpt
Government whistleblowers and retired military personnel have publicly stated that during their employment they observed that our government has a massive network of tunnels, with super velocity trains, linking secret underground bases. (Thomas Castello, the former Dulce Base security officer, reported to an associate that Dulce had a tube-shuttle station linked to several other secret underground bases.) At first hearing, these statements seem too far-out to be true. We've all seen television shows about tunnels and they always show how expensive, dangerous, and disastrous near-surface tunnel construction can be. So, obviously an undertaking such as constructing a massive, sci-fi-like network of underground tunnels would take too much money and hundreds of years to build! NOT SO, say scientists! In 1972, Robert M. Salter, lead scientist with the Rand Corporation, announced during an interview with LA Times science writer George Getz, that a high speed system could be built using existing (1972) technologies. He also stated that the system should be built for environmental and economic reasons. What kind of speeds was he talking about? Try 10,000 MPH! (Read this June 11, 1972 LA Times article). On August 2nd, 1972, Salter wrote Rand document P-4874.
The publication was titled, "The Very High Speed Transit [VHST] System."
The 17-page report detailed the technologies involved, possible attained
speeds, aspects of economic and security benefits, and potential routes.
This document reported achievable passenger speeds at 14,000 MPH!
By 1978, this proposal grew in dimension and attracted serious consideration by Continuity of Government officials, intelligence departments and U.S. military command. That February, Robert Salter submitted report number P-6092, titled, "Trans-Planetary Subway Systems: A Burgeoning Capability." This report updated route maps and extrapolated further upon the economic and technical considerations in planning the system. Even though the National Geographic, History and Sci-Fi channels have programs exposing the underground cities of ancient civilizations (and storage companies), only our imaginations can provide insight into how extensive a national security network of tunnels might be if the Black Operations World (BOW) were given the green light to begin construction. By using conventional 'rock drilling' Tunnel Boring Machines (TBMs), it would take decades to complete. Whereas using the more advanced TBMs, developed by Los Alamos Labs, the construction costs would have been sharply reduced, the time required to build tunnels lessened, and the inherent dangers of loose rock tunneling avoided. (see the actual Los Alamos patents 1, 2, 3). HAS THE VHST SYSTEM BEEN BUILT?
WHY ARE WE TRYING TO GENERATE INTEREST IN THESE DOCUMENTS? There are many reasons, including: If surface humanity were to encounter a serious extraterrestrial threat, natural or alien, it would be better to have relocated transportation systems underground to maintain operations and continuity of the government; the threat of terrorist attacks on the national transportation infrastructure would be minimized; surface CO2 emissions would be greatly reduced. Can we afford not to make this move? |
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Method and Apparatus for Tunneling by Melting Publication number: US3693731
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Dulce? No Tensta Sweden ..
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1991 Automation and Robotics for the Space Exploration Initiative : Results from Project Outreach By: Daniel Gonzales, David R. Criswell, Ewald Heer This Note describes the results of RAND's management of the direct solicitation component of the Space Exploration Initiative (SEI) Outreach Program, a program designed to solicit creative ideas from academia, research institutions, private enterprise, and the general public to help in defining promising technical areas and program paths for more detailed study. Eight panels were created to screen and analyze the submissions: space and surface power; space transportation systems, launch systems, and propulsion; automation and robotics; human support; structures, materials, mechanical systems, and in-situ processing; communications; information systems; and architectures and missions. Among the authors' recommendations are the following: (1) SEI robots, work environments, and systems should be systemically integrated; (2) structured-task robots should be developed for SEI; (3) NASA should adapt and develop advanced teleoperator robot control interfaces that enable telepresence; and (4) tradeoff studies must be done to select optimum mobility and navigational subsystems for SEI surface exploration robots. RAND Document
Number: N-3284-AF/NASA Year: 1991 Pages: 95 ISBN/EAN: 0-8330-1994-5
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Defense Technical Information Center Title : Automation and Robotics for the Space Exploration Initiative: Results from Project Outreach. Accession Number : ADA252567 Descriptive Note : Rand note,
Abstract : Review of the submissions of further research in A and R issues has led the Project Outreach A and R panel to make the following observations and to submit the following recommendations for consideration by the Synthesis Group: (1) Systematically integrate SEI robots, work environments, and systems; (2) Develop structured-task robots for SEI; (3) Adapt and develop advanced TOR(teleoperated robots) control interfaces that enable telepresence; (4) Evaluate the architectural implications of using TOR telepresence control in SEI; (5) Reevaluate and harmonize early SEI remote sensing data collection requirements with later SEI robotic mission requirements; (6) Conduct tradeoff studies to select optimum mobility and navigational subsystems for SEI surface exploration robots. Teams of complementary exploration robots should be considered in these tradeoff analyses; (7) Conduct tradeoff studies to determine the most cost-effective and productive development path towards autonomous robots; and (8) Review NASA's evaluations of A and R effort for Space Station Freedom. Descriptors : *SPACE EXPLORATION, *ROBOTICS, *AUTOMATION, SPACE MISSIONS, MARS(PLANET), MOON, UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT, PLANNING. Subject Categories : ASTRONAUTICS Distribution Statement : APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE
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1992 Space and Surface Power for the Space Exploration Initiative Results from Project Outreach By: Calvin Shipbaugh, Kenneth A. Solomon, Daniel Gonzales, M. L. Juncosa, Theodore W. Bauer, Robert M. Salter This Note describes the findings of the Space and Surface Power panel, one of eight project panels evaluating submissions to the Space Exploration Initiative (SEI) Outreach Program, or Project Outreach. The submissions screened by the Space and Surface Power panel proposed systems that can be classified into at least one of five technical areas: (1) power generation (solar power, nuclear power, fuel cells, batteries, and "other"), (2) power transmission, (3) energy storage, (4) thermal management, and (5) handling. The panel screened 167 submissions and selected the 22 highest-ranked ones for further analysis. The submissions that appeared to offer the best overall potential dealt with nuclear power sources, power beaming, the development of in-situ resources (including the use of solar dynamic power), and thermal management. Some lower-ranked submissions also contained interesting and potentially useful system concepts, and the authors evaluated some concepts not suggested in the submissions, including rechargeable high-energy density batteries, high-speed flywheels, and superconducting storage rings. A number of space and surface power issues became apparent and were examined by the panel members: (1) environmental implications of SEI power systems, (2) use of in-situ materials, (3) nuclear vs. nonnuclear power, (4) start-up vs. evolutionary power needs, (5) manned vs. unmanned system requirements, and (6) development of new power transmission methods. RAND
Document No: N-3280-AF/NASA Year: 1992 Pages: xxiii, 94 ISBN: 0833020099
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Defense Technical Information Center Accession Number : ADA256890 Title : Human Support Issues and Systems for the Space Exploration Initiative: Results from Project Outreach, Corporate Author : RAND CORP SANTA MONICA CA
Abstract : Human support issues hold the key to mankind's future in space. Success in resolving these issues and achieving the broader goals of the Space Exploration Initiative (SEI) will evolve only from a view of human space exploration as an ongoing enterprise where investments in research and development resolve operational problems, create infrastructure for future missions, and provide spinoffs that enrich the quality of American life. Fundamental questions of crew adaptability, tolerance, performance, and survival must be confronted SEI feasibility, continued support, and eventual success. Further, human support issues should be incorporated by life scientists early in (1) formulating preliminary requirements and guidelines, (2) planning missions, and (3) designing spacecraft. This should be done in ways that reflect the best judgment of both the space and life science communities. Properly posed requirements will facilitate the development of robust system concepts and design solutions that can be adapted to new knowledge, not always favorable, from R and D and test programs conducted on Earth and in space. Only in this manner can we identify (and reject) architectures that rely on potentially unstable, overly optimistic design solutions that exist in a narrow region separating feasibility from failure, and that can accommodate only favorable new findings. Descriptors : *SPACE EXPLORATION, *HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING, *LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS, *RADIATION PROTECTION, SPACE CREWS, ASTRONAUTS, SURVIVAL EQUIPMENT, PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT, EXPOSURE(PHYSIOLOGY), TOLERANCES(PHYSIOLOGY), SOLAR RADIATION, HEALTH, RISK, COSMIC RAYS, SPACECRAFT. Subject Categories : ASTRONAUTICS
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NRO created the Space Technology Alliance (STA) to
“coordinate the development of affordable, effective space technologies for the greatest return on government funds.” The STA is making steady and significant progress in coordinating government S&T investment in space and has developed a prototype methodology for categorizing space technologies. Related Federal and Private Sector
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Lunar Base Facilities Development and Operation by H.H.Koelle 1/1/1992 .
Abstract The subject of developing and operating of lunar facilities
has been covered widely during the last decades. This report attemps to
integrate these various contributions discussing specific details from
the systems viewpoint. This is mandatory for the simulation of the acquisition
process and the lunar base operation of extended periods. Lifetimes of
several decades have to be considered. The functions of lunar facilities
are defined and assigned to specific installations. Mass flows between
the elements of the lunar base are identified as well as their interrelations
with eachother and the facility elements. Some initial information is presented
on the 14 types of facilities identified. State-variables and performance
indicators are defined to compare alternative facility
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Rand corporation physicist has devised a rapid transit system to get you
from Los Angeles to NY in half an hour for a $50 fair. He said existing
technology made such a system feasible and so does a cost analysis.
The essence of the idea is to dig a tunnel more or less along the present
routes of U.S. highways 66 and thirty.
The tunnel would contain several large tubes for East West travel of trains
that float on magnetic fields, moving at top
speeds of 10,000 mph. Passengers would faced forwarded during acceleration,
backward during deceleration. According
to R. M. Salter Jr. head of the physical sciences department at Rand, the
idea of high-speed train travel using electromagnetic suspension was first
put forward in 1905 and actually patented in 1912.
The trains he suggested now would be single cars rather than actual trains,
and would be big enough to carry both passengers and freight, including
large containers and automobiles.
Salter
said. And tunnels, he added, need not be so expensive to dig is people
think. The most expensive thing about surface
routes is the acquiring right-of-way and removing buildings that stand
on the chosen route. The tunnel would not incur this expense. The tunnel,
besides carrying tubes for passenger and freight gondolas, would carry
many of the utilities now strung across the countryside on high wires.
Salter said these underground power "lines" could be super-cooled with
helium, like the electromagnetic loops in the floors of the gondolas. He
said this would so reduce resistance that power could be transferred from
one end of the country to the other without appreciable loss. At the present
time long distance transportation of power is difficult because of the
amount of energy wasted. He said laser beams
could be carried in the tunnel for the instantaneous transmission of messages.
Even the mail could go cross-country in pneumatic tubes carried in the
tunnel. All this would save money and speed amortization, thus cutting
the overall cost of tunneling. Salter said approximately 8000
miles of tunnel were dug in America and Western Europe in the 1960s.
That includes mine shafts. But he said existing tunneling technology could
be vastly improved. Salter said many tunnels are dug nowadays almost as
they would have been in the dark ages. Drilling holes in tunnel faces,
and using machines with rotary bits are methods of tunneling that can be
improved, according to him. He said the tunnel
could be worked on from a great many "faces," for instance. Salter suggested,
too, that electronic beams or even water be used to drill holes for blasting.
The high-powered electrons would drill blasting holes almost instantaneously.
