I bet it was a blow out. Often times if the trailer is fully loaded it will cause shit like this to happen. I’d be willing to bet a blown tire was the culprit. However, this was pretty intense regardless of what it was. Good on him.

It wasn’t by design, they just forgot to apply the decal.

Firefly applies to everything, everyone, and everywhere.

You could at least provide a picture! ;-)

obviously hard to tell from this angle, but seems like a poor spot to spectate from, outside of a turn and near landing zone

I want in. I can bring beer!

If want to rent the train, you can do it tomorrow.

To be fair, the Buran was a better shuttle design. And even the Russians understood the economics of it.

It loaded. It’s not looking as hot these days though:

You are absolutely correct! We used to know this in the U.S., but unfortunately, somehow we lost sight of it. *Every single dollar* that was invested in our space program was returned many times over.

While I’m all aboard with your (and Buzz Killington’s) frustration with our current space program, I think you’re unfairly conflating a lack of vision and a lack of funding.

The Shuttle was the compromised design. Only now are we getting back on track after 40 years in the wilderness.

Bad news for the Dragon 2.0. Elon Musk has delayed it indefinitely until the engineers “Can get the rad Gullwing doors to work”

The Chinese space capsule is indeed a knockoff Soyuz.

Heh. This is the zeitgeist of the British business 80s and 90s.

The Pau Grand Prix is tremendous and, like Macau, is functionally speed-limited to F3 cars. There’s not a lot of passing at either circuit so neither is particularly “exciting” in the traditional sense, but if you appreciate how teams and drivers have to approach a weekend program, they’re great. Basically, qualifying…