It had its drawbacks to be sure, but the F4 was a totally bad-ass looking beast!

‘cept they’re not designed to do that. either way, this is an amazing story...

cost i guess

i don’t think that’s all that it teaches. pretty sure that isn’t what i came away with...

Yes, girls... and boys... need maths and sciences in school to succeed in life. Unless you’re going to be an entertainer or work in the service industry - and even then you’ll need some math...

is ike the catcher?

Guess we should surrender now...

...includes the obligatory “I have many black friends” statement to validate outrageous opinions...

that doesn’t mean a thing!!

no way! it’s a mental health issue; nothing to do with guns.

shocking

“Persistence is often mistaken for pure intelligence, and it’s unfortunate (if not tragic) that the two get confused so often.”

Communist Russia Superman.
Reminds me of an old SNL Superman parody sketch- Ubermann - “Truth, justice and the Nazi way”...

Communist Russia Superman.
Reminds me of an old SNL Superman parody sketch- Ubermann - “Truth, justice and the Nazi…

That is certainly true.
But it bugs me when we point to these disasters as systemic failures of the systems.
The first loss was completely preventable. (They went WAY overboard on risk to meet economics-based schedules; a real no-no.)
The second should have been preventable, but wasn’t. (Gee, if one of those tiles gets…

Our “reusable” systems were only reusable in name. The whole giant gas tank was not reusable. The solid rocket boosters were, but the cost to recycle them was enormous. So yeah, reusable, but not economically so. And the whole point of reusable is to help contrel costs, right? At a billion plus per launch, it’s hard…

you mean the silly conspiracy theory

Sort of like this mini-thread, since there was really no confusion at all...

One word: co$t.
Before you see a 6th gen, you’ll see the F-22 back in production. It will happen...

No “Mission Accomplished” sign either...

Landing on a carrier is impressive. So is delivering a bomb on target, or shooting a target out of the sky. These are important milestones. But these accomplishments are comparable to shadow boxing or using a punching bag. It’s a lot different when you go up against another boxer. Far, far, far different. Until that…