Day: 28 May 2012
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TIL that in 1970, British Rail patented the design of fusion-powered interstellar spaceship
British Rail flying saucer
The British Rail flying saucer, officially known simply as space vehicle, was a proposed spacecraft designed by Charles Osmond Frederick.
Purpose
The flying saucer originally started as a proposal for a lifting platform. However, the project was revised and edited, and by the time the patent was filed had become … -
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