They were not arrested nor charged. (Except for the speeding) The only thing the cops found was an empty bag.

The same could be said for taking something (the empty bag) when they are not being charged of a crime. Others have said the best option was probably to leave it on the roof. But I think putting it in the patrol car would be a no-go, since it is not being used as evidence.

The Norway meteor was moving at 20km/s while the Progress vehicle was only 7km/s. Also, the orbital inclination of the ISS (And thus of the Progress module that departed) is way too low to ever overfly Norway. The time was also off by about 34 hours.

Yes. It’s not a calculation so much as just getting a feel for where the plane is headed. After you make a few dozen landings, you know what angle your glideslope makes to the horizon, and you know how to adjust for best glide. (And also how to shorten that glide so you don’t overshoot the target.) Then it’s a matter…

Since it’s driving and not guns, then the NHRA. (As long as we’re putting words in other people’s mouth.)

I think that was kind of the point, since the Time Keepers were shown to be just animatronic.

Actually, AMD has used the AM4 socket across 5 generations of CPU since 2017, though its reign is coming to an end as the next generation is expected to use a new AM5 socket. But some motherboards with AM4 can mount any of the supported CPUs, as long as you can get the appropriate BIOS updates. (Though older…

To add some perspective: When the Golden Ray sunk in Georgia a year ago, it cost $788 million to cut it up and remove from the harbor.

Just getting it out of the little bathtub it sits in will be expensive, since the water is not deep enough in the nearby channel. And for a proper environmentally safe sinking, they need to remove anything that could contaminate the ocean. It even still has asbestos in there, so that would be an expensive remediation p…

Of course, he couldn’t even sink it properly. It was less than 100ft deep there, though it was close to a much deeper trench.

Queen Mary’s draft is 39 feet. Outside the little bathtub it sits in now, the channel is only 25' deep. It’s going to take a lot of dredging just for it to float out of there, much less be able to sink below the current waterline. Those smokestacks rise 220 feet above her keel, so that would need a lot of water.…

How many people are actually in a position to intervene before a drunk driver gets behind the wheel? This seems like a rather narrow case that’s not going to statistically change overall behavior.

You missed the sentence before,

In a series of bridges, when there is no off-ramp in between, the initial clearance sign should cover the minimum clearance for all the bridges.

Bridges, especially when they have exposed steel structure, often do not handle lateral forces well. So it was a perfectly strong bridge, as long as the load is vertical.

Not far off. A helicopter in unpowered autogyro can reach about 250' per 1000'. And it needs about 1000' just to get established in a safe autogyro, which is shown as the “dead mans curve”

There is no transmission nor clutch. Just a direct connection between engine and propeller.

Yes, rockets only need to curve over if they want to orbit. This rocket does indeed go straight up and straight down. If you wanted to actually orbit, then you have to be going about 8 times faster, and parallel to the ground.

One reason for doing it here on Earth would be to test the hardware that will be used on Mars. If they want to land people on Mars, it would be good to know that there’s a way to come back, using well tested hardware. And being able to make Starship carbon neutral would be a big bonus.

They need to allow some movement for thermal expansion, as well as earthquakes or other vibrations. If it was too rigid at that joint, it might fail more spectacularly.