That doesn’t in any way contradict my point. It took less than three years for Apple to drop support of the iPhone 3G with iOS 4.3, and the iOS 4 software was barely functional on it to begin with.

NASA extensively studied cats in free-fall and free-fall-induced weightlessness to gain insights into how to train astronauts to maneuver in microgravity.

Apple does that to iPhones by not continuing to optimize iOS for older processors, so don’t forget this applies to ANY device that relies on ongoing software support.

Technically, Revolv isn’t missing any vowels, it’s missing an orthographic marker with a vestigial function (we haven’t pronounced it for 400 or 500 years and in this case it isn’t changing the pronunciation of the preceding vowel as word-terminal ‘e’ tends to do).

Space planes basically only have two advantages over capsules: they offer more control over landing sites (reducing recovery costs), and they allow for more controlled reentries which are easier on the human body.

I wouldn’t say it’s nowhere near reality. The current schedule has them doing test flights in 2025. Granted, the Skylon project has had a lot of delays, so 2025 might easily mean 2035.

The engines are the only part of the technology that’s unproven, so we’ll see how they do when they start testing them in a couple years.

I’m going to weigh in on this with the Sam Raimi Spider-man franchise as support to your argument.

From the moment Martha appeared on the screen, she was my favorite modern companion. It’s a shame she didn’t stick around as a longer-duration companion.

I have to admit to being mildly disappointed that the machete gun doesn’t fire machetes.

That old lady proves that everything you see in the movies is true. There really is always an old person or a dog or something that is seemingly in peril right at the last moment.

Nuclear-as-electricity doesn’t cut it yet due to mass requirements. Nuclear thermal rockets don’t have the thrust to weight ratio required for launch. Nuclear pulse propulsion does, but involves dumping out hundreds of tiny nuclear warheads out the back door every second and exploding them. (Interestingly, NASA…

Erm, nuclear power is not low-mass power. And most applications are basically steam engines using thermal energy produced by nuclear reactions to boil water. You don’t go to space with a steam engine that takes up 90% of your mass budget and can kill you if you sit next to it too long.

Wait. A single-stage to orbit space plane that flies itself using hybrid engines that work in atmosphere as jet engines and in vacuum as rocket engines is “nowhere near good enough?”

There are several reusable launch systems in development across the world, and a few of them use aerodynamic lift concepts. A British company is currently developing a SSTO using a “space plane” approach. They’ve named it the not-at-all-ominous Skylon.

It’s not even really all that subliminal... It’s got to be at least 5-10 frames long.

Chocogo is a FFXIV prank, not FFXV.

It works via Newton’s Third Law of Motion: when an object exerts a force on another object, an equal but opposite force is exerted on the first object.

This makes me want to advertise in the actual classifieds for a partner for my starter marriage just to see what happens.

Seriously, where’s the downvote button...