The original Apollo heat shields used a honeycomb grid, in which an acrylic epoxy mix was filled by hand. The first test capsules came back looking the same way. Analysis showed there were bubbles in the mixture and when heated, they blew out in the same manner you see here. After that, each structure was x-rayed to…

If Tony Stark can do it in a cave......

As a private pilot, I always hated to see the band of pollution in the sky as you start to pass over the eastern border between Ohio and Michigan. It’s a solid yellow brown band that you fly into starting at about 5,000 feet. Just take an airplane ride, you will quickly see it in the more industrial areas of the US.

Weather and experimental balloons tend to not have a long life as they reach a certain altitude and pop. The US has regulations for such launches under both the FCC and FAA for domestic and international flight launches. This covers both airspace, weight of the payload, recovery options and electronics with the…

I had the 2004 Honda Odyssey with three beautiful kids growing up. I had a 96 Honda accord before that, sold it with 240,000 in almost new condition for $1,500 to pop down on a new van. The Odyssey was the greatest vehicle you could have for a family and we used it all the way from toddlers to hauling their gear to…

“A bit of a Trekker himself it seems, Judge Chin couldn’t get away with adding an extra source: “See Captain James T. Kirk, Star Trek: The Return of the Archons, Star Trek: The Original Series (1967) (“Without freedom of choice, there is no creativity.”).”

Gates should know, he is invested in a large percentage of the Pharm companies working on these Covid products. And apparently to the article, there are thousands of Trump gnomes working in these labs slowing things down.  Yeah, tone down the bias there.

Once an air frame has been designed and implemented, it is incredibly difficult to change out a system like this. Not just from a technology standpoint, but from the FAA certification standpoint. JUST to change a system takes over a year of certification and testing, literally tens of millions of dollars to have such…

Theaters were already hit hard with the Covid situation, this is pretty hard hitting by any means as the studios will limit distribution now to “loyal” theaters and have the right to withhold movies. Larger studios will try to monopolize areas of viewing as they did before this law and you will see limited distribution…

I don’t know if anyone here has watched her broadcast from home, but... Her crew was sequestered outside and if they showed up in the background, she berated them, as well complained if they were not on an area of property she requested they stand at. The vibe I got was really really uncomfortable. I wondered if first…

Just to note, the shower in August is the Persieds meteor shower, the best show of the year, separate from the Delta Aquariid shower. It is a larger band of debris and you can actually catch a few a night days (up to a week) ahead of the peak on August 12th. the moon will be 47% full, so not a bad night to go out…

Pelosi asked Trump not to show up as did other Democrats. Trump has followed that request. His is in a darned if he does, darned if he does not. He handled it well with his tweet. Many conservatives admired Lewis for his activism in the 60's, but not his later political agenda. The response at this point is fair and…

The protesters have broken the law, killed people, damaged businesses in the cost of millions, so YES, there is reason for enforcement to begin. This is legally domestic terrorism, defined by law: “The U.S. Code of Federal Regulations defines terrorism as “the unlawful use of force and violence against persons or…

Not like the Trump administration cannot find protest pictures from the US, there have been some vile acts they can pull from.

Actually, they have been destroying statues of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abe Lincoln, the Shaw Memorial, a monument honoring the first all-volunteer black regiment of the Union Army in the Civil War, WII memorial in Washington DC, as well now a few churches and statues of Jesus and Mary have been destroyed…

As a kid going to school in the 60's, we had presentations by Edison telling us how the Davis Besse nuclear power plant would bring down the cost of electricity for the Great Lakes region. It caused the rates to be among the highest utility cost in the US, mainly due to Lobbying to PUCO in Columbus Ohio. And this has…

Mid 50's in age. I originally went to college in the late 80's. The went back in 2008 to get additional degrees.

Gizmodo writer hypocritically exonerates herself as she types on stolen land about Trump.

Historically accurate film, peoples values were different back then, ya kno, civil war over the ending of slavery and everything goin on... DUH! it showed the racism of the time you dopes.

What they also failed to note is that EVERY garage has this same noose tied rope to help lower the garage doors. Yeah, a very non story used to hype a political message. A terrible abuse of the media, again.