Magnetic fields. It keeps the plasma from touching the rocket, and thus most of the heat is kept in the propellent. Without having to worry about heat conduction, you only have to deal with the radiant heat transfer, and that job’s a lot simpler.

No.

Yay! Soon we’ll be able to ditch Mark Watney on Mars!

Seems a little bit premature to end these types of displays before a full investigation has been completed. It looks at first glance like the pilot didn’t give himself enough breathing room to complete the maneuver. But I guess the CAA had to do something.

During Senna’s fatal crash, the right front wheel hit him in the head, causing a basal skull fracture. Additionally, the suspension A-arm from the front right also punctured his helmet. Either injury would have been fatal, neither would have occurred with a lower/enclosed cockpit.

I don’t think they’re stretched at all - what you’re seeing is the curb protection lip on the tire.

They should probably focus all of their resources correcting that turd of an F1 motor currently “propelling” Alonso and Jesnons McLarens.

*In a class of cars with all that and more, as well as V8, V10s, and V12s.

$400k.

each hour must be comprised of 18 minutes of smoke breaks, 24 minutes of lunch breaks, 9 minutes of bathroom breaks, and 4 minutes of hard alcohol consumption.

Not everyone in the automotive community gets to experience a Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance in their lifetime and see hundreds of millions of dollars worth of cars parked on a golf course.

Being Jalopnik did you not think we would rather hear the engines then elevator techno?

I like how the title was edited after posting to remove the mention of dubstep, knowing that that would cost the post clicks. Because anyone with a modicum of taste would not willingly want to hear that bullshit (or any other type of electronic music).

I hit mute almost immediately

Royalty free dubstep is so much worse than I ever imagined.