pykrete

I previously thought of a similar possible idea for ships involving pykrete and ice.

Slimy Ships? « Tai-Chi Policy 2009

It is reported that he fired a revolver at the pykrete block during a coffee break, and the bullet bounced off and struck one of the senior officers who were present -- thankfully without serious injury!

Boing Boing: June 1, 2003 - June 7, 2003 Archives 2003

They called this material pykrete, in honour of Geoffrey Pyke.

Boing Boing: June 1, 2003 - June 7, 2003 Archives 2003

Lord Mountbatten had a block of pykrete prepared by a Canadian engineering company, and took this block to the Quebec Conference in the fall of 1943.

Boing Boing: June 1, 2003 - June 7, 2003 Archives 2003

i don't know from weird; i think everything in my head that goes on is pretty okay. but i can say the most intresting thing i thought of recently was inspired by the pykrete thing at memepool. i mean, its dissapointing that the floating glacier aircraft carrier never happened, but here is me thinking "hey, look at all that outer space."

mordicai: crown me king! mordicai 2003

Anyhow, rather than reinventing the wheel, I wonder if anyone’s reconsidered using pykrete?

That Proposed Sea Colony… « Tai-Chi Policy 2008

I’ve blogged before that I think a pykrete structure could make a good seastead.

Mythbusters Testing Ice Boats Tonight « Tai-Chi Policy 2009

But here’s an interesting idea of something that might be possible with a pykrete ship that isn’t possible as far as I know with today’s ships: Self cleaning.

An Interesting Idea With Pykrete « Tai-Chi Policy 2009

Since you’re cooling the surface of the pykrete to keep it from melting even though it melts quite slowly anyways, why not cool it enough so that some thin layer of ice builds up along the outer hull, and then whenever the ship needs cleaning, simply shake off the outer layer of ice?

An Interesting Idea With Pykrete « Tai-Chi Policy 2009

I suggested to the seasteading instute forums that they might consider pykrete (which I’ve blogged about before) as a building material, and the conversation has spawned a number of interesting ideas, such as constructing pykrete with some sort of seaweed pulp instead of wood pulp (or with a hydroponically grown plant pulp).

An Interesting Idea With Pykrete « Tai-Chi Policy 2009