Aug 292021
Aug 292021
This had a very “Early Atlas Test Flight Anomaly” feel to it.
This launch went wrong right form the get-go… but it did a *magnificent* job of recovering. It just wasn’t magnificent enough; seems it never did have enough thrust due to one of the five engines failing right after liftoff. Went terminally goofy at Max-Q, apparently on a command to terminate the flight due to being outside of its launch corridor.
This is the third flight for the Astra in a year… and the third failure. SpaceX also failed a lot, as did the Ranger lunar missions. if the funds and the will are there, they can fix the problems and make a success of it. *If.*
I feel like I need to apologise to Astra for this…. but it was too good a joke to ignore. pic.twitter.com/Wg8ybvhDDU
— Scott Manley (@DJSnM) August 29, 2021
Aug 282021
If so… AIDS would be something we only read about in the history books, I suppose. But imagine the screeching from the people who cheer *this* story on:
Aug 282021
I have need of a Monogram 1/48 scale “F-19 Stealth Fighter” model kit. It need not be pristine and unopened; it can be partially or even completely assembled, so long as it is intact-ish and complete (and preferably with instructions). They pop up form time to time on ebay, but they’re too expensive for my budget. If you have one you’re willing to part with for a reasonable sum, let me know: 
Aug 272021
… an oven.
Who needs context?
Aug 272021
How Blue Origin, SpaceX, Virgin Galactic space race could impact the atmosphere
Oh, no! Mankind might finally be on the verge of spreading life to the rest of the universe. Better crap on it lest people – worse, Americans – gain a measure of hope and optimism.
Aug 272021
I’m not a fan of the Kennedy clan of degenerates, but assassinating one of them seems like the sort of thing that should land someone in the hoosegow for life and a day. Not because it’s particularly bad to whack a Kennedy or a politician, but because murder should be the sort of thing that gets you deleted from society in perpetuity.
RFK assassin Sirhan Sirhan gets parole on 16th attempt; governor can review
Aug 272021
It’s four years old and in Spanish… and it’s friggen’ awesome.
Aug 272021
YouTube decided that I needed to see this. And… wow, does it not translate at all. I *guess* there’s some sort of regional humor goign on here, but… shrug. Make of it what you will.
Aug 272021
U.S. officials provided Taliban with names of Americans, Afghan allies to evacuate
Who would ever trust the US government from here on out?
