There’s no lockdown to speak of. People have complete freedom of movement and only need proof of vaccination to enter certain businesses. There are still work from home advisories in some provinces but they are much less restrictive than last year.

There’s a 400 MHz gap between the 5G C-band frequencies being rolled-out (3.6-3.8 GHz) and the airlines’ altimeters (4.2-4.4 GHz), which is more than double what the airlines originally requested. If altimeters are running so far out of their registered range then the issue is with the airlines and not 5G.

I wouldn’t be surprised to find out the boat was approved by some higher-up in the MTA, who just happened to allow himself to borrow it when it wasn’t being used for official business.

Mercedes R 63 AMG 4MATIC with a 6.3L V8 producing 503 HP. It could do 0-50 in 4.6s, though the top speed was limited to a measly 171 mph which is pretty darned quick for a minivan.

I have always been partial to Peter Seller’s 3-wheel Morgan from The Party.

Link to the article where the picture is from:

I’ve always had a thing for the Fantasy version:

That’s fair to go with the GAO’s reported numbers, but it has to be with the understanding that 16 is basically the worst case scenario for a number of factors. It assumes Starship tankers will only be able to lift the low-end of the 100-150 ton range that Starship is expected to be able to lift to LEO, and while that…

I doubt you’d be able to fit enough cash or drugs in the trunk to even make this worthwhile.

One issue that policy makers seem to have completely forgotten about is that there is no vaccine available for children under 12, which is a pretty substantial part of the population. Even though Covid mortality is extremely low for younger people, there are still a raft of long-term symptoms that can manifest, yet we…

Musk doesn’t care about the race to reaching, and there basically isnt one since SpaceX’s first crewed spaceflight to orbit is scheduled for this year, while BO and Virgin don’t even have an orbital class rocket yet, let alone one that is rated for crew.

They physically could not conduct test fires on the engines before launch because the engines used pyrotechnics to open valves, which meant they could only be used once after they were installed in the rocket.

Funnily enough, we got a Lexus RX 450H instead.

My wife was looking at a used Q5 at the Audi dealer and we were close to pulling the trigger. Nice shape, low miles, but wasn’t in the certified program so the financing manager was really pushing the extended warranty. He tried to convince us by pulling out the repair sheet and showing us that it would cost over $16,0…

Mitsubishi also makes the H-IIB medium-lift rocket for JAXA.

While there are a lot of Mitsubishi companies, they are all part of Mitsubishi Group and use the same logo. Mitsubishi Motors is a bit of an oddball, though, since the largest owner is now Nissan, and Mitsubishi Group has a much smaller stake.

Is 819 HP accurate? Most automakers don’t just add the electric HP with the ICE HP as you don’t normally get the full output from both when combined.

Most of these “life-cycle” analyses also look at the environmental cost of mining and refining the components of the EV drivetrain, but conveniently forget to include the environmental costs of extracting oil and only look at the CO2 output from driving.

The credit is based on the size of the battery pack. The incentive starts at $2500 for a vehicle with a 5 kWh battery, and increase up to $7500 for a 17 kWh battery or greater. So the Volt with a 17.1 kWh battery pack gets the full incentive, while a Prius Prime with a 9 kWh pack is only eligible for a $4168 credit.

Rather than pursue idle speculation, there is actually an international covenant which covers that: The Outer Space Treaty, Article VIII. Basically, any space object belongs to the party who launched it even if it lands outside their borders, overriding any salvage laws.