Constructing the wings of the Ajax turned out to be a bit of a chore, and they’re not done yet…
Based on the previously described walkway-based scaling system, the current plan is to produce the Ajax at 1/200 scale… a little over 14 inches long.
With people like this in charge, how did the US ever accomplish anything?
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.*
AAAAAARRRRGH
The outer solar system continues to confirm the biblical timescale. When the New Horizons spacecraft flew past the Pluto system in July 2015, its findings challenged secular expectations. In the standard old-universe model, Pluto formed about 4.5 billion years ago. Yet, New Horizons found evidence of a geologically “youthful” surface for both Pluto and its largest moon Charon. A recent study examining the sparse cratering on these worlds provides even additional evidence of their biblical age of a few thousand years.
This from the “Biblical Science Institute.” The basic claim is that since Pluto is relatively uncratered compared to what a geologically inactive solid rock aught to be, then clearly it’s actually brand-spankin’ new, only a few thousand years off of the assembly line. The fact that the surface of Pluto is composed of solidified gases that only need to be warmed *slightly* to become *actual* gases, and that it is in exceedingly close orbit with the very similarly sized moon Charon, driving tidal pumping of the interior of the world thus generating internal heat… why, that’s no never mind to these geniuses.
Is it any wonder that people don’t vaccinate their children, try to raise their cats as vegans, believe the Earth is flat?
Giggity:
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.
Sigh. I miss Star Trek. At least there’s “The Orville.” Hopefully it’ll get renewed, but Fox – now owned by Disney – is sure taking its sweet time.
The Deep space Nine documentary “What We left Behind” is hitting theaters for a grand total of one day.
California Rep Eric Swalell is entrant number 18 in the Democrat Presidential candidacy extravaganza. If you think the name is familiar, it may be because I’ve posted about him before. Back in November he threatened the use of nuclear weapons against American citizens who refuse to knuckle under to his gun-grabbing ways. This, ladies and gentlemen, is your modern Democratic Party.
Unsurprisingly, Obergunbanfuhrer Swalwell plans on focusing his plans for the Presidency on gun control “for the children.” This is a platform based on BS and fearmongering; the facts about gun violence and children are available here:
In other news, noted poor guy Socialist Bernie Sanders is a stinking hypocritical millionaire.
Capitalism is great. Unlike socialism and related economic systems such as mercantilism, fascism and communism, capitalism is capable of providing the vast majority of the populace with a better life while making a lot of people quite wealthy. I love capitalism, I’m just no damn good at it (hey, I love good music, too, but you don’t want to hear me sing). For example, I *never* would have thought of this:
The company Brenthon (now THERE is a Korean name if I ever heard one) is a car company. But here’s the trick: they don’t make cars. They don’t even modify cars. What do they sell? They sell their logos, which you can apply to Kias and Hyundais and turn them into “Brenthon” cars.
This to me does not make sense. What possible point would there be to simply swap out the “Kia” badge on you car for a “Brenthon” badge? I don’t get it. But apparently enough people *do* get it so that the business case made sense to *somebody.*
Now THIS is a thing of beauty:
Someday, doubtless far after I’ve shuffled off this mortal coil, and assuming that western civilization has continued and hasn’t collapsed due to plagues of virii,bacteria, fungi, SJWs, invaders, etc., there will be something like the replicators of Star Trek. And some day, you’ll be able to download an XP-82 file and have it print you off one, all shiny and chrome, that you can fly away that very day.
I’ve gotten as far as roughing out the walkway and railing. Does the human figure look properly scaled here? There is some play in this, as there were several models of the Ajax that differ in important respects, and a full scale set which differed even more.
Any dissenting opinions?
Progress on the next model for Fantastic Plastic…
