B-58 weapons possibilities

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Apr 172019
 

An early-ish Convair illustration of the potential weapons and other payloads to be carried by the B-58 bomber, both in the centerline pod and under the wing roots. Note not only ballistic missiles but also several recon options, and a “bomb bay pod” giving the aircraft a payload of several gravity bombs, presumably nuclear.

I have uploaded the full resolution scan of the illustrations to the 2019-04 APR Extras Dropbox folder, available to $4 and up subscribers to the APR Monthly Historical Documents Program.

 Posted by at 6:29 pm

Beresheet has crashed on the moon

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Apr 112019
 

Israeli Lunar Spacecraft Loses Main Engine, Crashes on Surface of the Moon

It had successfully entered Lunar orbit, and had successfully de-orbited and was heading to the surface, when it “lost” the main engine around ten kilometers up.

While this is indeed unfortunate… if yer gonna crash, being able to say “I crashed ON THE MOON” certainly has a certain ring to it.

 Posted by at 3:21 pm

Well, not with THAT attitude

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Apr 092019
 

With people like this in charge, how did the US ever accomplish anything?

Astronauts on the Moon in 2024? US Can’t Do It Alone, NASA Chief Says

I’m on record being skeptical of the US getting men back onto the moon by 2024. But not because we’d need to hook up with a bunch of foreign powers to do it… but because the sluggish nature of people like this.

Make it a contest that pays real winnings to make real progress and cuts through the red tape. We’d get there *early.*

 Posted by at 11:06 pm

Falcon 9 Heavy to fly tomorrow

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Apr 092019
 

Giggity:

SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket set for first commercial launch. Here’s how to watch it live online.

It will, with luck, orbit the Saudi Arabsat 6A communications satellite. It was originally meant to launch today, but weather put things off a day. The SpaceX YouTube channel will carry the launch live sometime between 6:35Pm and 8:30 PM Eastern time: Sometime Thursday. Wednesday launch scrubbed due to winds.

https://www.youtube.com/user/spacexchannel/

Following booster separation, Falcon Heavy’s two side boosters will attempt to land at SpaceX’s Landing Zones 1 and 2 (LZ-1 and LZ-2) at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Falcon Heavy’s center core will attempt to land on the “Of Course I Still Love You” droneship, which will be stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.

 

 Posted by at 3:40 pm
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