The British Interplanetary Society famously proposed manned missions to the moon both before and after World War II. These designs would *not* have worked, but that’s not the point. The “Collier’s” series space program vehicles would not have worked either, but they all served the purpose of showing that the physics supported the notion of manned space flight, that it *could* and *should* be done. And anythign that actually happens had to start somewhere.
Mortons has posted a preview “sampler” of my “Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird” bookazine. You can take a look and see if it’s for you.
It is available directly through the publisher for £8.99 (Approx $12.41 or €10.34). It is also available through Amazon for pre-order for $12.99. Direct from the publisher should be available sooner; from Amazon, lower mailing cost if you’re in the US.
This was from 2017.
I got about ten minutes into it before I remembered that I had other things to do. *Any* other things to do.
Spaceplane VSS Unity reached an altitude of 55.45 miles, according to the company. …
Meanwhile, SpaceX is launching people into *orbit.*
If you want something warm and fluffy to cuddle with, a cat can be a good choice (depending, of course, on the cat). And if you want a cat, there is no substitute for an actual cat. So this… thing confuses me to no end.
Cats are not hard to come by. The world is full to overflowing with shelters and pounds with unwanted cats that can be had for a few bucks, or a donation, or for the asking. So… why an expensive robotic Martian flatcat/tribble hybrid?
Class vs… well, whatever Biden has:
If you’ve ever wanted to know what a cargo vessel filled with cars looks like when it capsizes, gets refloated and chopped into section… well, here ya go:
China builds infrastructure crappy from the get-go. the US builds good infrastructure but allows it to turn to crap because our “leaders” decide that “infrastructure” means plopping apartments into areas zoned for single-family houses because they’d rather people were packed into high density dependency than anything resembling independence. Example:
A crack? Well that sounds a little worrying. A crack can be anything from cosmetic to potentially damaging. Let’s hope that it’s not too…
Nope.
That’s not a crack. That’s a COMPLETELY BROKEN STRUCTURAL ELEMENT.
