Recent content by Keslerian

I agree. It going to be a very specific piece of information, and the odds are against it being in a ships data archives. It'll be a document with some obscure and technical name, like: ''Metallurgical fabrication of the B-52 airframe.'' Or maybe: ''Engineering analysis of the P&W J57 turbine...

Well, the absence of the heavy press program would be a PITA. But not necessarily a crippling problem. I can't really agree with that. After all, there is a pretty massive leap between the invention of the transistor, the invention of the integrated circuit, and then the microprocessor. There...

My knowledge on this subject is limited. Would you be able to explain further? Yeah, the A6 would be really useful. Its like the ultimate attack aircraft in a WW2 setting. Incredibly fast, agile, good rate of climb, and a very impressive payload too: It can carry more ordnance than a friggin'...

Hmm, I didn't know that. You learn something new every day! But with that said, these aren't exactly huge machines. Theres a limit on the kindof work they can do. Presumably, the Haas machines wouldn't be able to work on really large components. Could they have? I'm not so sure. CNC machines...

Yeah, I remember that part. It comes off as an unconvincing hand wave, though. Why would the Navy have a bunch of manufacturing tech on board their ships? The fleet from 2021 was a pure combat force, there weren't any cargo ships that would be hauling stuff like that around. I could understand...

We're talking about the J57 engines used on the early B-52 variants, right? Would you be able to elaborate what technologys were required to make them?

Some of you may have read the Axis of Time trilogy by John Birmingham. The series was about a fleet of warships from the year 2021. Due to a freak accident, they get sent back through time to June 2, 1942. Just before the battle of Midway. Their arrival changes the entire course of World War II...