I think the 777-300 has a max demonstrated crosswind capability of 40 kts or there abouts. Hard to say how much crosswind component that video shows, but it looks like a lot.

We took our 5 and 8 year old on a cruise over Thanksgiving last year. They had a ball. It was Carnival (ship, food, people were all fine) and they have a good kids program. By day 2 the kids were telling us when they would be hanging out with us otherwise they were with the club! We did follow Tarvish’s advise on…

I'm sure there is an app for that. I meant the communicator.

I 100% agree. At the outside there should be a small “emergency” joystick that can be deployed to pilot the car in very rare circumstances. No need for peddle and wheel.

I agree. I think it shows some bravery to go from F-1 to Lights. Otis the smart path if he wants a successful career in Indycar.

With a little effort I'm sure you could beat Ralf Schumacher. Something to aim for.

Michael Schumacher would talk to his team the entire lap about strategy and what other drivers were doing while destroying the field and setting fast laps. Some people have the capacity to do that and some don't.

This is dumb and doesn’t add value to the product. Hearing the crews communicate with the drivers actually adds depth to the show. Examples...

Trail ready pope.

This is Jalopnik and not the AIAA Journal and Jason stated that he wasn’t an engineer so I cut him some slack. I do believe that the only thing stopping us from going back to the moon is ourselves. We could be there in 2 years if we really wanted to. This whole 2030 crap is nonsense.

Well, yeah, those details are a bit off. The LEM used hypergolic fuels to ensure the simplest, most reliable engine possible to help ensure we get the astronauts home. Being throttleable was a requirement as well. That said, there is a ton of open research and details out there that would allow an industrial concern…

Historical areas of influence.

A reasonable plan, but I think they could develop a dedicated light weight lander pretty easily and maybe bring a second crew member down to the surface. No need for them to remain in orbit because if they are using the Russian model for docking it is all automated anyway. Remember that the pressurized cabin of the…

If you can get a race scanner. While F-1 has gone digital, many series are still analog over the air. Few things are more fun than hearing the teams go nuts over the radio. You may also hear interesting things. I heard Mark Webber pleading to race at the USGP during the warmup lap when the Michelin tire thing…

I'm sure there are some sharp sole looking into this, but some flotation bags under/around the fuselage to get her up and some kind of skid to rest her on seems like they would be in order.

Everyone in Asia has them. When we were over in Tokyo and Singapore last month they were everywhere.

That was terribly violent. Especially how the nose dug in. Briscoe seemed stunned, and he had every right to be, as he is supposed to pop his visor to show the safety team he is ok. He didn't seem to be able to figure it how to do that.

I’m pulling this from memory, so grain of salt on some of the details, but I remember that one of the tricks it's the 727 was partially popping the Kruger flaps at cruise to get a few more hundredths of Mach number during cruise. I wonder if they are looking at the efficiency increases from changing the geometry of…

Several studies were conducted around using the Shuttle’s tank as a part of a station. I’m disappointed that it wasn’t tried. Since the tank was so large and would be clean on the inside it seems like it would have been ideal. Getting that kind of mass and volume to altitude is hard and it is a shame that they were…

1) If you could say something to all the beginning drivers out there what would it be?