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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