The Space Show: interview now available for download

 aircraft, APR, blather, history, projects  11 Responses »
Dec 032013
 

Seemed to go reasonably well. Some reports later that my audio faded in and out… I can only assume that my phone was either on the fritz, or perhaps the phone line itself was a bit screwy. Anyway, you can download it in MP3 format here:

http://archived.thespaceshow.com/shows/2134-BWB-2013-12-02.mp3

If you have a question raised specifically by the interview, you can ask it either here, or at the Space Show blog:

http://thespaceshow.wordpress.com/2013/12/03/scott-lowther-monday-12-2-13/

One minor correction: I was asked what the first US bomber was. I seemed to recall that the US dropped bombs from biplanes during the Pancho Villa expeditions of 1916; I was close, as there were Curtis biplanes modified to drop small incendiaries sent to Mexico, but the bombs were not dropped.

At some point I’ll have to listen to it myself, if for no other reason than to see if I can hear the feline cage match that took place right near me near the end of the interview… I guess Buttons and Speedbump decided that I wasn’t paying enough attention to them.

 Posted by at 11:31 am

Space Station V Stand

 art, awesomeness, models, science fiction  2 Responses »
Dec 022013
 

This is kinda neat… an acrylic display stand for the Space Station V model I mastered for Fantastic Plastic:

This beautiful acrylic display stand was created especially for our 2001 Space Station V kit by Marco Scheloske. It consists of five laser-cut acrylic pieces and includes engraving. Marco is selling the kit directly for 19.50 Euros + shipping. (Yes, he ships internationally.) For more information or to order your stand, email Marco at technomania@gmx.de.

2001SSV-Base-3 2001SSV-Base-4

 

 Posted by at 1:21 am

Lockheed Shuttle concept 2

 aircraft, APR, drawings, history, projects, rockets, spacecraft  3 Responses »
Dec 012013
 

 

An early 1970’s Lockheed concept for a fully reusable shuttle. Shown here is the orbiter, a minimum-mass, low-cross-range design with a vast fuselage and relatively tiny wings. The system used a reusable flyback booster for the first stage. Far more information is available on this and related concepts in Aerospace Projects Review issue V3N2 and V3N2 Addendum, available HERE.

 Posted by at 10:07 pm

Drawings & Documents: all new lower prices

 APR, art, cyanotype blueprints, drawings&documents, history, new products, news, projects  1 Response »
Dec 012013
 

I am in the process of reworking my web pages. Part of this is consolidating all the stuff into more compact, less graphically intense (and, I imagine, annoying) forms; part of this is standardizing the prices. All Aerospace Drawings are now only $3; all Aerospace Documents are only $4. The “canonical” catalog is now hosted on the aerospaceprojectsreview.com web page; the pages on up-ship.com/blog are obsolete and will be changed out ASAP.

The new Aerospace Drawings & Documents catalog (includes APR & USBP)

The new Cyanotype Blueprints catalog

 Posted by at 10:46 am

Tell me this ain’t creepy

 Crazy, Forward!, Gah., I'm from the government, ಠ_ಠ  2 Responses »
Dec 012013
 

Woman has child taken from her womb by social services

A pregnant Italian woman in Britain on a business trip has a panic attack. Gets locked up in the nuthouse, gets put under, wakes up to find they’ve cut the baby out of her, and 18 months later the British social workers behind the whole effort are going to adopt it out. The Aristocrats!

One might be forgiven for wondering if maybe, just maybe, British social workers might have a wee bit too much power.

“If you like your baby, you can keep it.”

 Posted by at 12:46 am
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