Remember the Chinese NASA spy? The one whose arrest caused the NASA Tech Report Server to go belly up? The one with all the classified data he was trying to sneak out? Yeah… not so much.
Remember, kids, this is the same Federal Government that wants to not only register all firearms transfers, it also wants to control healthcare. And they can’t tell the difference between classified spy satellite design drawings and nekkid chix.
The 747 was reportedly carrying armored vehicles. It looks likely that one of them broke loose in the hold, and rolled aft, sending the CG of the aircraft unrecoverably far aft. The 747 pitches almost straight up, wallows drunkenly, then pitches forward and rolls. Presumably the loose armored vehicle rolled forward, which allow the pilot to regain some measure of control… far too late to do anything. There is one NSFW utterance… and *only* one. I would have used more, but that’s just me.
Cargo cutting loose on takeoff is pretty much a cargomasters worst nightmare. This video points out why.
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In short:
1) How do you define a river? If the definition changes, then how many rivers you have can change
2) Climate change… less rain/snow = less water to fill rivers, so some will simply go away (or be defined down to creeks or streams or some such)
3) Rather importantly… China’s rampant industrial growth is drinking down whole rivers and turning them into crappy consumer products, smog and steam.
I just ran both of the 1/72 Saturn V cyanotypes. I can now confirm that even though there was some discontinuity in the paper, making dye absorption a bit uneven, the process works, the frame works, an the results are pretty spectacular. I can also confirm that in both runs, I put the friggen transparency in upside down, producing mirror images of the blueprints. Aaaarrrrrrgh.
Snopes tentatively says that this is for real, a “science” test from a private religious school in South Carolina. Way to defeat those stereotypes, guys.
Well, the world still needs ditch diggers…
http://nasawatch.com/archives/2013/04/nasas-silence-o.html#comments
Nearly the entire operational staff of the Center for Aerospace Information (CASI) has been sacked. CASI are the folks that create and maintain the NTRS (NASA Technical Reports Server) and the NA&SD (NASA Aeronautics and Space Database). What were they thinking! Mark my words, this does not bode well for those of us who rely on the accessibility of NASA technical information.
It’s a comment, not a press release, so… who knows.
Woke up to a complete lack of internet. Neighbor has the same problem; tech support said they’ll send someone out in, oh, 24 hours or so. Feh. So, I’m using Mcdonalds free wifi to post this update. Next update will presumably either be after the ‘net comes back, or when I’m back at McDonalds bitchin’ ’bout the internet still being down.
In the meantime, please enjoy this cat.
Example:
As if it wasn’t bad enough that there are idiots out there who think that Joker is being framed, there are some who think that the victims are *actors.*
I can dream that the b/tards and Anonymous will be able to chase these jackholes own and shame them.
Hmmmph. Bad news, everyone…
Comedy Central has apparently cancelled Futurama. The last season starts June 19, ends September 4.
Two and a half hours of CNN coverage live on 9-11-2001.
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