There was a S-3 pilot in my airwing with the call sign "Worm".

actually it's a misconception that kittinger broke the sound barrier. Kittinger himself has stated that he only achieved 614 mph and 9/10 the speed of sound. There is a good article on aero web that explains where the mixup occurred and has some math to support its claims. [www.aerospaceweb.org]

Most sci-fi gets so much of the military stuff so wrong, that it's hard to read / watch. The book could be really engrossing, but then it will have some outrageous scene that snaps me out of the zone.

I love Zubrin's statement that "it doesn't make sense to enter one gravity well on the way to another gravity well". I was skeptical of Zubrin's arguement, as I had always liked von Braun's stepping stone approach. But his book kind of won me over.

The problem is with the thousands of Americans that don't read this site that would love such a job. I doubt the Gizmodo audience is the people that Apple wants.

As a 15 year military (Navy) officer, I have to put in my two cents. By the way, for those who don't know, the Marine Corps is part of the Department of the Navy. So, when I was at the Academy, I had a choice to go Navy or USMC. All of my elective summer training courses were USMC, so I some...if only a…

Do both!

We fly into Whiteman AFB (home of the B-2's) sometimes on the way to NAS Fallon. These planes are REALLY hard to see edge on. I've been in the landing pattern when the tower has said that I'm number 2 to land behind a B-2. I swear most of the time I don't even see them until they bank to turn. Amazing that a plane…

The Founding Fathers were extremely worried about a populist tyrant grabbing control of the country...despite all other checks and balances.

You know, I never thought about how there were no swear on any radio footage. These guys were mostly military pilots. Hell, in my squadrons people put in swear words in just about every sentence. Seriously, a lot of people (myself included) start swear jars around the last 2 weeks of deployments just so we can be…

No, if the journalist finds wrong doings that are illegal...then absolutely it should be published. But I would expect the journalist to weed out the illegal from the merely embarassing. And I would expect them to do research and find out the context of the decisions and actions. There's not reason to do embarass…

I don't know about Thor. I am going to agree with others on the thread and state that Xmen:FC was better. Michael Fassbender was awesome...I couldn't believe how much emotion he put into a comic book character. And the ending...I was absolutely cheering for him when he...

Actually, I believe that the skin tight outfits arose from early superhero designs being modelled after what old timey circus strongmen wore. It wasn't necessarily artists just being lazy.

I wouldn't expect a journalist to protect the U.S.'s image. I would expect them to protect its iterests...especially if lives are on the line. Manning did not do that.

I would expect a journalist to be responsible and carefully separate the embarrassing information from the info that would cause harm to U.S. interests. I would then expect the journalist to do more research and find out the issues surrounding the decisions mentioned in the leaked info.

I won't find out the details, because the contract I wrote when I received my security clearances clearly states that I will not access information that I am not cleared to. (And my security manager keeps spamming my email with that same clause...just in case we forgot)

Annalee, no matter what he is officially charged / convicted of, Manning is a traitor in every sense of the word. He has betrayed the special trust and confidence of the government and abused his position in an attempt to hurt his country. Do you even know what you have to sign in order to get security clearances? …

Do not feel sorry for this traitor. Governments do not hae friends, only interests. And those interests can only be pursued by diplomacy and negotiation. Just like with any negotiation, it is not wise to put all your cards on the table...in other words one must keep secrets.

1. The U.S. last fought an organized army in 1991...which is later than any other first world country. The last land war that China fought was against Vietnam, and Vietnam wasn't exactly a land power.

Doubtful that it was shot down. Even non-stealthy drones are pretty hard to shoot down. More likely it crashed. Also, it is doubtful that Iran even has possession of it since they have not shown any pictures. Iran is usually really happy to show pics.