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I wonder how many of those authors first heard of ramjets from the mid-1960s kids' cartoon series, Roger Ramjet[0]. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Ram
by jshprentz 8y ago
I wonder how many of those authors first heard of ramjets from the mid-1960s kids' cartoon series, Roger Ramjet[0].
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Ramjet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Ramjet
- rsynnott 8y agoProbably very few. NORMAL ramjets (ie not magic space fusion ones) are quite old; the first ramjet aircraft was tested by the Soviets in 1940, and the US tested ramjet missiles in the late 40s. And scramjets (supersonic ramjets, where the internal airflow is supersonic) were meant to be the next big thing since the 50s, though they’ve never really worked out.