While you could drop a nuclear bomb from it, that’s not quite the same as being assigned the role of being a nuclear bomber for a world military force.

I wonder how the installation crew feels, with this project looming over their heads.

“This is not art. This is contrast and desaturation being cranked to the max.”

That is flat-out amazing.

Nor do I think any amount of training will prepare plastic army men for anything.

That looks like a bowl full of freedom!

The test track will only be 1.5 kilometers long. They want to test the pods starting and stopping inside the tube, not launching out of it like a rail gun.

It’s not about the pod, it’s about the track.

What profanity?

“The company will wind down”

My curiosity is piqued as to what part of the article you found to be profane?

Apparently, if the headline photo is to be believed, self-driving cars in the future will also be invisible, and although self-driving will for some reason be driven by Adam Clark Estes.

The competition test track is only 1.5km long. The idea is to start, run and stop inside the tube, not launch over L.A. like a rail gun.

“The last holdout was Catalina Island, off the coast of California, which finally converted to dial in 1978.”

“Because with a barge, landing isn’t limited to ground weather condition in one geographic location.”

“The X38 CRV would have used a parachute for a controlled skid-landing.”

“I’m trying desperately to get people to talk to me on-record about current looming issues that we’ve been lucky to dodge”

Thank you :-)

“a glorified zipline. They eventually decided that the Shuttle was safe enough, and the system useless enough that they didn’t need it.”

“The FBI is so ferociously tight-lipped about its use of surveillance equipment that it has advised police to dismiss criminal cases rather than expose information about Stingrays”