Looks like a wooden mockup motor display.

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Well . . . It's not a "thermonuclear water heater" . . . LOL !

Yes, it's a rocket motor . . .

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"This recent find came from Estate of Retired Thiokol Corporation Scientist/Engineer Joseph W. Wiggens who also developed and Patented the Thiokol (AIR BREATHING SOLID PROPELLANT DUCTED ROCKET) in 1965 . The tag on bottom of Model had a bottom part to it that read 1963-64 early design NASA Saturn Rocket INT-27 lower strap on Motors for the S-IVB Upper Stage (UA Design). Model is 8.25" Tall x 4.5" Wide and made of Solid wood with the early Thiokol Corp. Logo and Huntsville, Alabama. This was originally in Reception area at the Thiokol building in Huntsville until given to Mr. Wiggins. A large portion of the Saturn/Apollo and Shuttle development occurred at George C. Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, AL."

Dave F.

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Those are thrust termination ports at the front end (the 8 canted objects). Not sure what the forward pointing stubby cylinders might be. Since there is a hole down the center, perhaps those were igniter ports?

I bought the original photo of this rocket.

When it arrives, I will scan it at high-resolution and, hopefully be able to enlarge it.

Dave F.

Dial a BLAST ??

C'mon noww.
It's "Dial-A- YIELD" !

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Well, it's sure not "phone-a-friend" . . . LOL !


Dave F.

In my almost two decades in SAC, I called it "Dial-a-Boom".

MSgt Russell

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Hey, I was close!

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Well, that’s just MIRValous.

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Partially correct... the early "boosted" atomic weapons used for thermonuclear experiments often "burned" deuterium or tritium "capsules" in the center of the bomb, boosting the yields considerably into the high kiloton range. The "George" device was in interesting design in this series of experiments. Tritium was used because it fuses MUCH easier than deuterium and thus is easier to "ignite", and makes for smaller weapons. The only problem is, tritium is radioactive and decays over time, rendering that part of the weapon ineffective. With the advent of true SOLID thermonuclear weapons using lithium deuteride as fuel, tritium basically was reduced to the role of "trigger", having fusion initiated by the nuclear fission part of the bomb.

Later! OL J R

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