Article is about the ISS, shows an artist rendering of Mir with the space shuttle attached, brilliant.

The commercial diesel from the VW LT is a lousy engine. Loud, agrarian, not that reliable, not particularly frugal either.

Actually, the US isn’t party to the Convention on the Law of the Sea, and Iran is only a signatory (not ratified). The US tends to abide by UNCLOS anyway, but Iran being only a signatory is because they have amended certain sections of UNCLOS, namely innocent passage. Iran does not recognize the right of innocent…

That’s monoethanolamine for you. The stuff gets soaked into EVERYTHING. Worst part is you get used to it and don’t realize you smell like that when you get back from an underway until people ask you what that smell is.

I used to be a huge fan of Eneloops, but I've exclusively used AmazonBasics Rechargeables for several years now. Personally, I can't tell a difference in performance, and I can buy 16 AAs for roughly the same price as 8 Eneloop AAs - http://www.amazon.com/AmazonBasics-P…

I used to be a huge fan of Eneloops, but I've exclusively used AmazonBasics Rechargeables for several years now. …