We’ll see. I think that people underestimate SpaceX’s cashburn rate. Although they’re well-funded, they might need to converge on a useable product faster than some think.

“Don’t you fret, Boba Fett!”

One other callout: Ted Lasso’s epiphany is brought about by a barbecue sauce that, Google informs me, is the signature sauce of a famous Kansas City barbecue chef (geographic tie for both Ted Lasso and Jason Sudeikis). Also, remember when he said “barbecue sauce” before he sinks the final dart shot in Season 1's match…

2010: The Year We Make Contact. 2012 is a bad Roland Emmerich apocalyptic disaster movie.

And the cheering when the range safety destruct happened. If this was Artemis I, people would have been devastated.

Based on both the graphic and video feed, 3 engines failed at launch/failed to start, and at least 3 more failed during flight.

I once had a puddle jumper flight where there was only one other passenger. But that passenger was - Tiny Tim! Chatted a bit - nice guy.

They licensed GE selling engines to China, not the underlying technology. Even if you have an engine and try to reverse-engineer it (as China did with the CFM56 core to create the Shenyang WS10), there’s still a lot of manufacturing and design technology and expertise that prevents China from building an equivalent…

While I agree that there is a bit of a racist/xenophobe tenor to some of the comments here, there is ample evidence of Chinese industrial espionage of our aerospace industry to gain technical capabilities, including multiple convictions of spies.

They are certified by CAAC. There is some indication that they’re applying for a European EASA certification, but there has been little reported on that.

I think they’re responding to the musicologist’s comments.

And in the ‘90s, he took his latest creation and did a 670 mph two-wheel U-turn  (unintentionally).

All of Richard Rhodes’ books, from “The Making of the Atomic Bomb” on the Manhattan Project, “Dark Sun” (post-WW2 and hydrogen bomb), “Arsenals of Folly” (‘80s and the arms race and arms control treaties) and “Twilight of the Bombs” (post cold war) are definitive works about nuclear weapons and the arms race.

In the movie 2012, I get steamed when the people escape in the “Antonov 500" (actually an An-225 Mriya) that the Russian oligarch charters and he says, “It’s Russian.” It’s Ukrainian, baby!

Does the rear seat fold down?

This thing is buzzword bingo vaporware.

How much differentiation would be necessary for Dodge to be in compliance with their own statement? Model number change? Model year change? Something more?

This reminds me of the original Star Trek costume designer, William Ware Theiss, and the “Theiss Titillation Theory” - “The degree to which a costume is considered sexy is directly proportional to how accident-prone it appears to be”

A little tribute to Nazareth (and IndyCar racing in general):

Could you please go into a bit more detail?