Rocky Jones Space Range
Rocky Jones at least tried to put some realism into the show. Celestial Navigation, and using descending orbits to
slow the ship. It took a month or more to reach some of the outer destinations. And a space stations
here and there to refuel. Who else did that for the kids.
A few too many populated moons for this kid. I remembered wondering where they all came from.
I liked astronomy even then. All I could see were the moons of Jupiter and Saturn.
One of the funny constant errors was Rocky Jones and President Drake would always refer to the same celestial map on the wall. It was a painting, nothing ever moved.
The Ophiuchus Empire seemed to be in or near the planet Jupiter. Beyond the Curtain of Space they pointed to Jupiter as Rocky's destination. Now
there are a good selections of moons there. The first show, Beyond the Curtain of Space, seemed to point to Jupiter as the Ophiuchus home world.
The ship -OrbitJet or Silvermoon-, well at least half went for engines, fuel and life support. That was more than most TV series were doing. Unique to the OrbitJet was no windows, no port holes. Most everyone else flew their ships by just looking out the front window. The ship had a main viewer (VisioGraph). VisioGraph had all kinds of powers. Besides viewing, it served as a viewer in ship to ship communications, and could be used to see thru walls (Bobbyís Comets).
My only problem with the OrbitJet was the decks were vertical when the ship was landed. Why they didn't fall to the back of the ship I do not know.
I loved the Blast of Synchronizers. Great build up to Blast Off!
Favorite movies were Crashes of moons and Bobby's Comet. No real reason just because.
I have just about all the tapes converted to DVD now so I can watch them without wearing out the tapes.Rocky Jones Space Range
Rocky Jones at least tried to put some realism into the show. Celestial Navigation, and using descending orbits to
slow the ship. It took a month or more to reach some of the outer destinations. And a space stations
here and there to refuel. Who else did that for the kids.
A few too many populated moons for this kid. I remembered wondering where they all came from.
I liked astronomy even then. All I could see were the moons of Jupiter and Saturn.
One of the funny constant errors was Rocky Jones and President Drake would always refer to the same celestial map on the wall. It was a painting, nothing ever moved.
The Ophiuchusician Empire seemed to be in or near the planet Jupiter. Beyond the Curtain of Space they pointed to Jupiter as Rocky's destination. Now
there are a good selections of moons there. The first show, Beyond the Curtain of Space, seemed to point to Jupiter as the Ophiuchusicians home world.
The ship -OrbitJet or Silvermoon-, well at least half went for engines, fuel and life support. That was more than most TV series were doing. Unique to the OrbitJet was no windows, no port holes. Most everyone else
flew their ships by just looking out the front window. The ship had a main viewer (VisioGraph). VisioGraph had all kinds of powers. Besides viewing, it served as a viewer in ship to ship communications, and could be used to see thru walls (Bobbyís Comets). My only problem with the OrbitJet was the decks were vertical when the ship was landed. Why they didn't fall to the back
the ship I do not know.
I loved the Blast of Synchronizers. Great build up to Blast Off!
Favorite movies were Crashes of moons and Bobby's Comet. No real reason just because.
I have just about all the tapes converted to DVD now so I can watch them without wearing out the tapes.Rocky Jones Space Ranger
The Orbit Jet or Silver moon did not change much over the years. It was a good design for its time.
Long sleek pointy nose and designed to land on its tail.
The Orbit Jet is my model and the one I have here is my idea of its internals. Yes I did use horizontal
decks unlike the show. I didn't go for the artificial gravity on the Orbit Jet. Why, because if you could
generate artificial gravity in side the ship, rocket propulsion would be so obsolete you would not
use it. But I think the deck layout worked out well.
From the top down we have forward and side looking radar, Life support, the cooling system for the #2
Atomic reactor (the life support Atomic reactor), followed by the missile launching system, water and air, air and
water scrubbers and forward computer.
Now the main deck or flight deck. Next the living area or lounge, with the third deck being
the sleeping quarters and air lock. I placed a supply room for emergency survival gear just under
the air lock deck. You can see the brown floor entry in the picture. There seemed to be enough room.
I gave the wings a purpose. Their the cooling radiators for the lower reactor.
In both the wings and tails the small pink disks are sensors. The wings have Phalanx style guns
and the tail has reward facing defensive missiles along with reward facing radar.
Continuing our tour and working our way down we have the fuel tank, the ships main or number 1 reactor.
This reactor is for both life support and motion.
A simple plasma thrust system with output via one of five narrowing or spiked jets. In Bobby s Comet
professor Newton liked narrowing thrusters to build up GREAT power.
Technical Overview:
Single stage Interplanetary Vehicle, Doubled Titanium/Steel hull, Nuclear powered.
Length: 165 feet
Diameter: 20 feet
Weight: 195 tons
Take off Thrust: 427k lb..
Sustained Thrust: 215k lb..
Engines: United Worlds sustained Fusion Plasma Reactor (WP-204-SFR-3). Thrust controlled via nine Newton Thrust accelerators systems (SJ-15-8).
Weapons: Primary missile system located in the nose of the ship. A revolver delivery system placing a missile in the firing tube every 1.3 seconds. Missiles are MJ-31-px in flight programmable systems.
Weapons; Secondary Phalanx depleted uranium guns are located at the outer edges of the wings.
Defense: Reward missiles are available for ship to ship combat. Each wing is equipped with sensors to detect radar signals. In wing computers can recreate the intercepted signals, white out the reflections. Then recreate a new signal returning incorrect signal information to the source.
Rocky Jones Space Ranger
The Orbit Jet or Silver moon did not change much over the years. It was a good design for its time.
Long sleek pointy nose and designed to land on its tail.
The Orbit Jet is my model and the one I have here is my idea of its internals. Yes I did use horizontal
decks unlike the show. I didn't go for the artificial gravity on the Orbit Jet. Why, because if you could
generate artificial gravity in side the ship, rocket propulsion would be so obsolete you would not
use it. But I think the deck layout worked out well.
From the top down we have forward and side looking radar, Life support, the cooling system for the #2
Atomic reactor (the life support Atomic reactor), followed by the missile launching system, water and air, air and
water scrubbers and forward computer.
Now the main deck or flight deck. Next the living area or lounge, with the third deck being
the sleeping quarters and air lock. I placed a supply room for emergency survival gear just under
the air lock deck. You can see the brown floor entry in the picture. There seemed to be enough room.
I gave the wings a purpose. Their the cooling radiators for the lower reactor.
In both the wings and tails the small pink disks are sensors. The wings have Phalanx style guns
and the tail has reward facing defensive missiles along with reward facing radar.
Continuing our tour and working our way down we have the fuel tank, the ships main or number 1 reactor.
This reactor is for both life support and motion.
A simple plasma thrust system with output via one of five narrowing or spiked jets. In Bobby s Comet
professor Newton liked narrowing thrusters to build up GREAT power.
Technical Overview:
Single stage Interplanetary Vehicle, Doubled Titanium/Steel hull, Nuclear powered.
Length: 165 feet Diameter: 20 feet Weight: 195 tons Take off Thrust: 427k lb.. Sustained Thrust: 215k lb..
Engines: United Worlds sustained Fusion Plasma Reactor (WP-204-SFR-3). Thrust controlled via nine Newton Thrust accelerators systems (SJ-15-8).
Weapons: Primary missile system located in the nose of the ship. A revolver delivery system placing a missile in the firing tube every 1.3 seconds. Missiles are MJ-31-px in flight programmable systems.
Weapons; Secondary Phalanx depleted uranium guns are located at the outer edges of the wings.
Defense: Reward missiles are available for ship to ship combat. Each wing is equipped with sensors to detect radar signals. In wing computers can recreate the intercepted signals, white out the reflections. Then recreate a new signal returning incorrect signal information to the source.
Rocky Jones Space Ranger
The Orbit Jet or Silver moon did not change much over the years. It was a good design for its time.
Long sleek pointy nose and designed to land on its tail.
The Orbit Jet is my model and the one I have here is my idea of its internals. Yes I did use horizontal
decks unlike the show. I didn't go for the artificial gravity on the Orbit Jet. Why, because if you could
generate artificial gravity in side the ship, rocket propulsion would be so obsolete you would not
use it. But I think the deck layout worked out well.
From the top down we have forward and side looking radar, Life support, the cooling system for the #2
Atomic reactor (the life support Atomic reactor), followed by the missile launching system, water and air, air and
water scrubbers and forward computer.
Now the main deck or flight deck. Next the living area or lounge, with the third deck being
the sleeping quarters and air lock. I placed a supply room for emergency survival gear just under
the air lock deck. You can see the brown floor entry in the picture. There seemed to be enough room.
I gave the wings a purpose. Their the cooling radiators for the lower reactor.
In both the wings and tails the small pink disks are sensors. The wings have Phalanx style guns
and the tail has reward facing defensive missiles along with reward facing radar.
Continuing our tour and working our way down we have the fuel tank, the ships main or number 1 reactor.
This reactor is for both life support and motion.
A simple plasma thrust system with output via one of five narrowing or spiked jets. In Bobby s Comet
professor Newton liked narrowing thrusters to build up GREAT power.
Technical Overview:
Single stage Interplanetary Vehicle, Doubled Titanium/Steel hull, Nuclear powered.
Length: 165 feet
Diameter: 20 feet
Weight: 195 tons
Take off Thrust: 427k lb..
Sustained Thrust: 215k lb..
Engines: United Worlds sustained Fusion Plasma Reactor (WP-204-SFR-3). Thrust controlled via nine Newton Thrust accelerators systems (SJ-15-8).
Weapons: Primary missile system located in the nose of the ship. A revolver delivery system placing a missile in the firing tube every 1.3 seconds. Missiles are MJ-31-px in flight programmable systems.
Weapons; Secondary Phalanx depleted uranium guns are located at the outer edges of the wings.
Defense: Reward missiles are available for ship to ship combat. Each wing is equipped with sensors to detect radar signals. In wing computers can recreate the intercepted signals, white out the reflections. Then recreate a new signal returning incorrect signal information to the source.
