The Martians have landed…
and they is US! US Marine MV-22 Osprey's landing in Jordan. Photo: courtesy of US DOD…
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XCOR Powered Rocket Racer flies at Oshkosh
This is not the first time I have seen images of this bird in flight, but it is the first public venue at which a Rocket Racer has flown and the second rocket powered aircraft ever to fly at the Oshkosh AirVenture. The first was a few years back (four? five?) and was also an XCOR powered craft, the EZ-Rocket, trailered from Mojave to Oshkosh by that company. The XCOR engined Rocket Racer is a…
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WhiteKnightTwo roll out
The first WhiteKnightTwo carrier aircraft was rolled out of its hanger in the Mojave desert on Monday. The second stage vehicle, SpaceShipTwo, has been held back due to the ongoing investigations into the test stand accident of one year ago. Although that accident was little more than a plumbing and pressure test, there is as yet no full understanding of exactly what happened. Because of this uncertainty, Burt has delayed much development of SpaceShipTwo so…
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The best of times
I ran across an interesting quote by linguist Steven Pinker in the july 5th issue of New Scientist: "My next book will be on the decline of violence and its implications. Rates of murder, warfare, genocide, torture and deadly riots are lower now than at any moment in human history. Assuming that we have't changed biologically, then what has changed in our psychology and soceity to make that possible?" The interview went on to suggest…
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Baring all
I used to visit the South of France as a kid and one day, walking down the beach in St Tropez, yours truly, then a pretty wet-behind-the-ears lad from Suffolk, espied a whole row of lovely French women lying on the beach with nary a stitch on. Mon dieu! After my silly childish embarrassment wore off, I thought nothing of it after a while. It appears that for health and fashion reason, though, that the…
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Couldn’t Happen To A More Deserving Guy
Ted Stevens indicted for seven felony counts:
Sen. Ted Stevens, the nation’s longest-serving Republican senator and a major figure in Alaska politics since before statehood, was indicted Tuesday on seven felony counts of concealing more than a quarter of a million dollars in house renovations and gifts from a powerful oil contractor that lobbied him for […]
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Falcon 1 status
You may remember I reported earlier this month that the launch window for the 3rd flight of the Falcon 1 opened around July 30 or thereabouts. We are now into that period and it looks like we might get a launch before the five day window closes: Falcon 1 is on the pad at Kwajalein. There has been very little information floating around on the launch schedule this time so I will have to keep…
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A close shave for one of the good guys
The excellent "swearblogger" at Devil's Kitchen, recently suffered a nasty car accident. He's okay, although his car was damaged. I could not help notice in the associated comments that some character called Neil Harding chose to make a cheap political crack about how this proved that we "individualists" who like cars should take the train instead. It was not a friendly word of sympathy for someone involved in a potentially fatal accident. Maybe I am…
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Trouble in paradise
The Times (of London) has a sobering editorial today about the level of crime in the Caribbean, following the recent murder involving a married couple on their honeymoon in Antigua. Jamaica has already developed a fearesome reputation for violence - Kingston is a particularly unpleasant place - and the problem is spreading. In its history, the area has been touched by violence, stretching back before the dark stain of Western-imposed slavery, of course. The pirate…
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Doug Stanhope On Freedom
When I heard that a comedian, Doug Stanhope, had been considering running for President as a Libertarian, I thought it was about time. Who better to highlight just how hopelessly ridiculous the system has become than a comic. Then I heard his material: some of the more depraved comedy I’ve come across– not […]
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