Kind of cool that we’re finally seeing spacecraft land the way they did in 1950s science fiction movies and TV shows. Yeah, they’re in that “blow up a lot” stage real rockets were in, in the 1950s, but you can see it’s a matter of tweaking. So close.

This one doesn’t have a bunch of disclaimers on the ad :)

Not surprising. 20 foot waves off the coast of Ventura/Santa Barbara on the shore.

By “kill us all” I don’t think we really care about the people in Moghidishu or the Australian Outback. I think we only care about us, and our loved ones. In the final analysis, that’s all we should care about.

I like how you think we, or all of the other nations suddenly blinded by having their satellites fail as a result of a HEMP attack, will maintain their morality about genocide and “justice”.

Except when they can work at long distances.

Maybe it wasn’t so much a secret, but subtext for the those who were more aware.

Since it requires a missile launch, attribution would not be a problem. H-Bombs are far more technologically sophisticated than uranium/plutonium fission bombs, and require state level resources, not to mention missiles capable of reaching a low to mid orbit altitude (not that they want an orbit, but it takes…

Planet could have orbited too close and been torn apart by gravitational sheer. We see all sorts of close orbiting super Jupitors, maybe one of them strayed a little too close on a non-circular orbit.

Well, to hope to have a chance of affecting the surface, the perpetrator has to be in the thermonuclear club. Which currently includes only 6 countries. It’s fairly debatable that the gamma/atmosphere electromagnetic shock wave would have enough power by the time it hit the ground, to have a major effect over a large…

I would assume with a 5 year, 60,000 mile warranty, that they’ve created a low wear system designed not to fail within the first 100,000 miles.

I was kind of hoping that was a hot sauce collection.

Cars aren’t an investment until you can count the number of existing models on the market on one hand.

Funny. The Spanish canyon roads look just like SoCal canyon roads.

In normal driving the rear is completely decoupled for fuel economy.

Ford says if there’s enough demand, they’ll make more. It’s basically a trim option and not a separate model, and takes a day or two to switch over on the production lines (once they place and receive their orders for the engines, seats, etc).

Other high performance models might have limited runs, due to their affect…

I’m sure engineers will trust the materials if they’re put through stress tests that prove they’re as reliable as CNC parts made out of known materials. I see talk about computer models, and no mention of physical stress testing vs other material technologies, in this article.

Smart. What they did was create a poison pill disincentive for selecting another operator. A different operator was chosen, and now they’re dropping the bomb.

Depends on whether they only make it for a couple of years until the next Focus refresh, then a several year delay for the “new RS”. If past behavior predicts future behavior, these Focus RSes will appreciate in value, not depreciate.